Operational program grant no. 660-0122, Kimbanguist hospital assistance

The project will complete hospital construction, provide equipment and commodities, and provide technical and managerial assistance. The hospital (which will be expanded by the Kimbanguists in a later phase) will consist of a 180-bed facility with departments of medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology; the hospital will be equipped with two operating rooms, a recovery room, an intensive care unit, an emergency room, outpatient clinics, an X-ray room, basic clinical laboratories, and a number of rooms for private patients. The Kimbanguists will be responsible for completing the administrative and core hospital buildings; A.I.D. funds will provide medical (e.g., beds, operating tables) and laboratory equipment, and an initial stock of consumable supplies, including medications. HUSA will provide a hospital administrator for 30 months who, in collaboration with his Zairean counterpart, will supervise all construction and construction-related activities, procure and install equipment, and develop financial and medical record systems. Hadassah will also provide short-term TA in preparation for opening the hospital, e.g., in reorganizing the departments of the hospital and the various services in the existing and proposed buildings. When the hospital is ready to receive patients, the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem will provide, on a rotating basis every two to four months, teams of physicians and nurses with expertise in medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and anesthesiology to work with the Zairean staff. The teams will be trained in tropical diseases prior to departure. Medical salaries will be paid by Hadassah Israel, but subsistence and travel costs of Hadassah personnel will be paid by the project. In addition to construction, the Kimbanguist Church will be responsible for the recruitment and payment of local medical, nursing, and paramedical staff; all hospital operating expenses after start-up supplies; and expenses not otherwise covered.