Children who seek emergency and accident related treatment at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital will now have the luxury of being treated in their own special and state of the art room.
This is courtesy of the Anadkat Family who have constructed a K1 billion Queens Children Accidents and Emergency Unit – Anadkat Centre.
Speaking during the official opening and on behalf of the Anadkat Family, Meeta Anadkat, said 5 years ago they were approached by Jonathan McClelland from the charity group, Friends of Sick Children, with a request for a donation of K40 million to refurbish small sections of the Children’s Accident and Emergency ward.
Anadkat said when they visited the place to commence their project they found the facility in poor state.
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“We were met by two sets of grieving families. The first family had just lost their child in the resuscitation room and the second family had just learned that their child being brought in an ambulance had died.
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“That day, we witnessed the pain and heartbreak of two mothers that had lost their children. Words themselves cannot do justice to describe the state of a woman who has just been told that her beautiful child is no more,” she said.
She added that this situation and many other incidences that they met at the facility are what made them realize that the facility needed more than touch up.
“To the doctors and nurses of this facility, Hitesh and I implore you all to cherish and maintain these improvements. It is imperative that you uphold the standards set and continue to provide the highest level of care to those who depend on you,” Anadkat said.
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, who was guest of honour, applauded the Anadkat Family for the gesture indicating that it will help in lifting health standards in the country.
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“The first 24 hours for a child who has had an accident or is sick is the most important time because we can lose a child depending on how we are treating him. Therefore facilities at this centre such as the resuscitation room are very important and will help a lot,” Kandodo Chiponda said.
The Queens Children Accidents and Emergency Unit – Anadkat Centre has three blocks which apart from the resuscitation and treatment rooms include mourning rooms and staff rooms.
