Medical and Mental Health Program
Medical and Mental Health
The Suntreso Government Hospital’s mission is “To improve the health status of the people within Bantama Sub-Metro and beyond through the provision of quality health care delivered by highly committed staff through good leadership and collaboration with stakeholders.”
This hospital is open 24/7 and provides care through a wide variety of departments. Not only does this hospital have an emergency unit, X-ray and ultrasound, department of surgery, Pediatric ward, they also provide dental and eye health services. These departments are very busy and volunteers can sit in on dental and eye surgeries. There is a pharmacy on site and also an STD/HIV clinic.
When it comes to the level of participation it will be at the discretion of the doctors or nurse in charge. Volunteers with medical training will be able to perform the following tasks. Helping with patient intake, performing blood pressure and vitals checks. Assisting the doctors in procedures and administering IV’s. Observing surgery’s such as hernia surgery and emergency surgeries. Volunteers may also have the opportunity to work in the labor and delivery ward.
Volunteers will arrive at the hospital between 8:30 and 9am and work 4 - 6hr shifts at the volunteers discretion. There may also be the opportunity to work a night shift and see how the emergency ward runs throughout the night.
Mental Health
Volunteers interested in the Mental Health program will also attend Suntreso Hospital. The mental health nurses here do a lot of outreach programs. They visit the patients and do general assessments within the patient's home environment. Volunteers will be able to participate in these outreach programs if interested. Mental Health Volunteers may also have the opportunity to work at an intellectually disabled children's school. These children have both mental and some physical disabilities. Please see the disabled children's project for more information about this.
Mental health volunteers can also do case search, visit prayer camps, faith-based healers and offer mental health education for children and young people.
Volunteers do not need any medical experience to join this program just a passion for learning and helping people. Volunteers are required to bring their own scrubs for this placement.