Over the past 10 years the surgical services that we offer at the Clinic have expanded greatly. We have gone from simple procedures done under local or regional anesthesia (small “lumps and bumps,” uncomplicated hernias, tubal ligations) to complicated cases requiring regional or general anesthesia (gastrectomies, prostatectomies, hysterectomies, thyroidectomies, etc.). Our patient quarters, however, have changed very little over those same 10 years. We have two post-operative rooms, each about 225 square feet, one for men and one for women. Each room houses up to five patients, but they are in a separate building from our clinical services, and we have no nurses station or space for monitoring equipment. The Ecuadorian Ministry of Health is not satisfied with our current facilities either, and not only must we improve our hospitalization area, we must also add on a small emergency room.
Our current post-operative ward
We are currently putting the final touches on the floor plans for the building – and we hope to be able to start construction this August. We are excited to finally be moving forward with the construction – this has been a dream of ours for several years.
Patients in our post-op ward
We are currently raising the funds we will need for the hospitalization area and the emergency room. Would you consider helping us with the cost of the building? We will need about $400,000.00 to complete the project. Any donation, big or small, will help us meet our goal.
We will use thousands of cement blocks during the construction of our new building. Adding in the other costs of construction, we have estimated that each cement block will cost approximately $10.00. I would like to ask you to consider helping us raise the funds for 1 block, 10 blocks, 100 blocks or 1000 blocks! If you can help with one block – that would be awesome! And if you can help us raise the funds for 100 or 1000 blocks – that would be awesome as well!
We will keep you up to date on how our preparations are going. Thank you so much for your continued support!
