- Title: [SW Country](Galkayo) Fund Raising
Initiative
- Posted by/on:[AMJ][Monday, November 6, 2000]
FUND RAISING INITIATIVE
Galkayo Medical Centre
This initiative is to draw attention to
and raise awareness of the horrendous conditions of the
population's health and the health services of Puntland .
Background Information
Health services in the North Eastern Region of Somalia were
not meeting the needs of the regions population even during the time
of Siad Barre's regime. The region , traditionally a pastoral area
of Somalia was underserviced and underdeveloped during the
modernization and development of Somalia and was in a precarious
condition before the collapse of the M. Siad Barre's regime.
In the Mudug area of Puntland, Galkayo is a major city. The
health and environmental conditions there were worsened by the
influx of the internally displaced people from other parts of
the country, returning to their ancestral land thus overwhelming the
area's meager resources .
The current situation of the health sector in the Galkayo area is
critical and in urgent need of development and rehabilitation .
In the Public Health and Environmental domain there are no specific
programmes for treating or controlling the main infectious
diseases(for example tuberculosis).Diagnostic facilities and other
related equipment
are nonexistent. The available physicians cannot
properly perform their tasks due to lack of resources both medical
and financial. There is limited effort in (re)training the
paramedical personnel for the same reasons.
Although the conditions in Galkayo city and immediate surrounding
area continue to be as described above, there is hope . Insha
Allah with your help the main objectives of this endeavor to serve
your brothers and sisters will be implemented .
Main Objectives
The overall objectives of the program is to contribute in a
direct and concrete way to the rehabilitation and development of the
health system in Galkayo and Puntland in order to serve the
basic health needs of the
population.
How ?
a) by strengthing of the activities performed by the
Galkayo Medical Centre, with particular focus on improving the
epidemiological diagnosis sector, preventive curative medicine,
maternal child health, (MCH) and primary health care (PHC);
b) by developing the capability of the Galkayo
Medical Centre in order to enable it to offer proper basic
diagnostic and curative services to patients in town and from the
surrounding regions, covering the now existing gap in this sector
between needs an medical output;
Establishment of the Medical Centre
Galkayo Medical Centre was first established several years ago .
Because of the difficulties and economic constraints faced so far ,
work is progressing steadily but slowly. Dr. Abdulkadir has
been solely responsible for financing this project .
Ist phase (Completed): An outpatient department with surgery taking
place every three months. Dr. Abdulkadir travels with his mobile
surgery equipment and supplies from Italy and he works in Galkayo
for two weeks from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in order to carry out
surgery and necessary treatments, he volunteers his time and commits
his resources from his practice in Italy.
Dr. Abdul has trained local personnel to carry out simple treatments
in the interim period and arrange a list of surgeries , follow up
care for his arrival .A small nominal fee is paid by patients who
can afford to partially
cover on going costs of service .The region that he is serving is
Puntland and referrals from other regions of Somalia also.
Dr. Abdul initiated a sanitary and nutritional programs with
the aim to prevent the spread of the most common serious infectious
diseases such as tuberculoses , viral hepatitis, gastroenteritis and
other diseases related to malnutrition .
2nd phase(In progress): Thirty (30) beds of maternity
department with surgery facilities; consisting of two surgery rooms
,two delivery rooms, one first aid surgery room ,one medical room,
and one equipment
sterilization room is in its final construction and is to be
finished by December 2000. The hospital equipment is ready to
be shipped by the above date.
3rd phase(Near future): To set up and develop a process
of training and requalifications of paramedical staff and
laboratory technician.
4th phase(Near future): To establish a specific pilot
project programme for targeting tuberculosis toward prevention,
treatment and eradication of TB in the area.
5th phase(Future): Further development of future services and other
departments.
What can you do to help
Today Dr. Abdul and those who support his efforts feel it
is time to establish a bonfide hospital with permanent staff and
service. To this end a short and long range plan was developed and
has been and partially implemented
The hospitals physical structure is now in place ,equipment has been
prepared but remains in crates due to shortage of funds to ship it
to Galkayo(Somalia).Therefore there is an urgent need for funds to
ship the
equipment and supplies in time for December opening date .The
estimated cost for shipping is US $20,000. (twenty thousand
dollars).
Donate to this vital cause. Aid your brothers, sisters and family of
the Puntland region to be the first to establish a functioning
hospital that we ourselves helped build and support and benefit
from.
The Galkayo Medical Centre is registered under Corporation of
Medical Services and Development(COMSED) .Via Int. Verdogne, 20-tel
0962-903598, Crotone- Italy.
COMSED is a an international non-governmental organization
established in 1995 to assist the needy countries of the "Third
World" , Somalia is first priority. There is a proposal
to the European Union(EU) to fund it.
"And do good unto parents, and the near kinsmen, and unto
orphans, and unto the needy, and unto the neighbour who is of kin,
and unto the neighbour who is a stranger, and unto the companion by
your side, and unto the traveller and unto that your right hand
owns"(al-Nisa' 4:36) .
May Allah bless you. Jazakum Allah khair
Your help is needed. Please channel all donations to :
COMSED
ACCOUNT# 51/006621/10
BANCA CARIME
VIA M. NICOLETTA, CROTONE, ITALY
____________________________________________________________________________________
******TNumber of Medical Doctors in Puntland
during the past 40 years: 5
Number of Medical Doctors within Puntland
as of this moment:: 70!
We'd appreciate if you'd share with us the
information on the below-mentioned questionaire. We promise to
share with you the result of this questionaire in turn when it
becomes available. Thank you!
|
Puntland
Medical Professionals
|
|
#
|
Doctor's
Name
|
Specialization
|
City
|
Country
|
Current
Occupation |
|
1
|
Abdi
Ahmed Farah -Pakistan
|
Pediatrician
|
Dubai
|
UAE
|
|
|
2
|
Abdifitah
Mohamed Ali
|
Ophthamologist-resident
|
Minneapolis
|
USA
|
|
|
3
|
Abdihakim
Hassan Hirsi
|
Pharmacist
|
Riyadh
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
|
4
|
Abdikarim
Shabba'
|
Pharmacist
|
Dawadmi
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
|
5
|
Abdinasir
Mohamud Abubakr
|
Public
Health
|
Galkaio
|
Puntland
|
|
|
6
|
Abdinasir
Osman Uke
|
Public
Health
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
|
|
7
|
Abdirahman
Fenomeno
|
Surgeon
|
???
|
Canada
|
|
|
8
|
Abdirahman
H. Elmi (Buri')
|
Internist
|
Qardho |
Puntland |
|
|
9
|
Abdirahman
M. Isse (Shaywal)
|
ENT
|
Bossasso
|
Puntland
|
Secretary of
Puntland Medical Association |
|
10
|
Abdirahman
Omar Jira
|
Hygienist
|
???
|
Canada
|
|
|
11
|
Abdirahman
Said "Dhaga"
|
General
surgeon
|
Bossasso
|
Puntland
|
|
| 12 |
Abdisalan
Hassan Abdi |
Infectious
disease |
UK |
|
|
|
13
|
Abdirishid
|
Orthopedics
|
???
|
S.
Africa
|
|
|
14
|
Abdirishid
Mohamed Shire
|
Parasitologist
|
London
|
U.K.
|
|
|
15
|
Abdirizak
Ahmed Gas
|
Dentist
(Odontoiatria)
|
Cagliari
|
Italy
|
|
|
16
|
Abdirizak
Artan
|
Internist
|
Duabi
|
UAE
|
|
|
17
|
Abdirizak
Hassan Tubaako
|
Opthalmic
surgeon
|
Garowe
|
Puntland
|
|
|
18
|
Abdirizak
Hussein Nur
|
Internist
|
???
|
???
|
|
|
19
|
Abdirizak
Hussein Warsame
|
General
Practitioner
|
|
Ethiopia
|
|
|
20
|
Abdirizak
Osman Adan-jigis
|
Radiologist
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
|
| 21 |
Abdulkadir
Mohamud Ahmed-Nur (Jazira) |
Infectious
Disease |
UK |
|
|
|
21
|
Abdulkadir
Yassin Ali
|
General
Practitioner
|
Sanaa
|
Yemen
|
|
|
22
|
Abdullahi
Adan Gaas
|
Pulmonologist
|
Minneapolis
|
USA
|
|
|
23
|
Abdullahi
Hagi Ali Mire
|
General
Pediatrician
|
Riyadh
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
|
24
|
Abdullahi
Hirsi Jeesare
|
Surgeon
|
Galkaio
|
Puntland
|
|
|
25
|
Abdullahi
Isse Mohamud
|
Internal
Medicine
|
Pittisburg
|
USA
|
|
|
26
|
Abdullahi
Saeed Aw Muse
|
???
|
???
|
Sweden
|
|
|
27
|
Abdullahi
Salah Osman
|
Veterinary
|
London
|
U.K.
|
|
|
28
|
Abdulqadir
Ahmed Gas
|
|
Luxumberg
|
|
|
|
29
|
Abdulqadir
Ali Farah
|
Radiologist
|
???
|
Denmark
|
|
|
30
|
Abdulqadir
Ismail Ali
|
Pulmonologist
|
Kuwait
|
Kuwait
|
|
|
31
|
Abdulqadir
M. Jama (Dhegocadde)
|
Gynocologist
|
Rome
|
Italy
|
|
|
32
|
Ahmed
Abshir Waraabe
|
Pediatrician
|
Riyadh
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
| 33 |
Ahmed
Ali Adan
|
???
|
Bossasso
|
Puntland
|
|
| 34 |
Ahmed
Dalmar Abdirahman
|
Urologist,
hypertension specialist
|
Milwaukee
|
USA
|
|
| 35 |
Ahmed
Hassan Quruf
|
General
Practitioner
|
Garowe
|
Puntland
|
|
| 36 |
Ahmed
Hirsi Arab
|
???
|
Garowe
|
Puntland
|
|
| 37 |
Ahmed
Hussein Qureh
|
Gynecologist
|
Galkaio
|
Puntland
|
|
| 38 |
Ahmed
M. Hassan (Foodadde)
|
Internist
|
Nairobi
|
Kenya
|
|
| 39 |
Aidarus
Muse Farah
|
Orthopedics
|
???
|
S.
Africa
|
|
| 40 |
Ali
Abdi Sed
|
Gynecologist
|
Qardho
|
Puntland
|
|
| 41 |
Ali
Khalif Hagi Jama
|
General
Practitioner
|
???
|
Zambia
|
|
| 42 |
Arrabey
|
Dermatologist
|
???
|
???
|
|
| 43 |
Asha
Mohamed Igal Aymo
|
|
|
Switzerland
|
|
| 44 |
Askar
|
General
Practitioner
|
|
Holland
|
|
| 45 |
Barlin
Ali Mohamed Hassan
|
|
Jeddah
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
| 46 |
Bashir
? ?
|
Pediatrician
|
???
|
???
|
|
| 47 |
Bashir
Abdullahi Hoolif
|
General
Practitioner
|
Sanaa
|
Yemen
|
|
| 48 |
Bashir
Ali Bihi
|
Neuro-Surgeon
|
Gaalkaio
|
Puntland
|
|
| 49 |
Bob
Yasin Dahir
|
Surgeon,
Pediatrician
|
Bossasso
|
Puntland
|
|
| 50 |
Dhegaweyne
|
Director
General of health
|
Garowe
|
Puntland
|
|
|
51
|
Fadumo
Sabtiyedheere
|
???
|
???
|
Sweden
|
|
|
52
|
Farah
Hassan Mohamed
|
General
Practitioner
|
Jibouti
|
Jibouti
|
|
|
53
|
Halima
Mohamed Ali
|
Family
Practice
|
Milwaukee
|
USA
|
|
|
54
|
Hamida
Shakib Sh. Mohamud
|
Gynecology
|
Dubai
|
UAE
|
|
|
55
|
Hassan
Ied Ali Irrobe
|
???
|
???
|
Switzerland
|
|
| 56 |
Hawa
Abdi Jama |
??? |
Kitchener |
Canada |
|
|
57
|
Hayd
|
Surgeon
|
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
|
58
|
Huruuse
|
Orthopaedics
|
Makka
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
|
59
|
Isse
Ahmed Hagi
|
Gynecology
|
|
Puntland
|
|
|
60
|
Jama
? ? ?
|
Public
Health
|
Minneapolis
|
USA
|
|
|
61
|
Jama
Mohamed Jama
|
Surgeon
|
???
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
|
62
|
Kirli
? ? ?
|
Pediatrician
|
Bossasso
|
Puntland
|
|
| 63 |
Liban
Saeed Muse |
Med.
laboratary Scientist |
Mineapolis |
USA |
|
| 64 |
Lul
Hassan |
??? |
Minnesota |
USA |
|
|
65
|
Madina
Farah
|
Haematologist
|
Garowe
|
Puntland
|
|
|
66
|
Makhtal
Abdi Adan
|
General
Practitioner
|
Zeist
|
Holland
|
|
|
67
|
Maryan
Abdisamad H. Hussein
|
????
|
Minneapolis
|
USA
|
|
| 68 |
Mohamed
Abdi Jama (Baydhabo) |
??? |
??? |
Pakistan |
|
|
69
|
Mohamed
Abdullahi Omar
|
General
Practitioner
|
Minneapolis
|
USA
|
|
|
70
|
Mohamed
Ahmed Farah (Poolo)
|
Internist
|
Nairobi
|
Kenya
|
|
|
71
|
Mohamed
Ali Osman
|
Dentist
|
???
|
Holland
|
|
|
72
|
Mohamed
Ali Yusuf - Mini
|
Internal
Medicine
|
Kuwait
|
Kuwait
|
|
| 73 |
Mohamed
Hassan Aden |
Nephrology |
UK |
|
|
|
74
|
Mohamed
Hassan
|
Paediatrician
|
???
|
???
|
|
|
75
|
Mohamed
Hassan Issa (Piccolo)
|
Pharmacist
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
|
|
76
|
Mohamed
Hussein Bihi
|
Dermatologist
|
Malmoe
|
Sweden
|
|
|
77
|
Mohamed
Ismail Fahiye
|
General
Pratitioner
|
Johanesburg
|
S.
Africa
|
|
|
78
|
Mohamed
Issa
|
xxxx
|
Garowe
|
Puntland
|
|
|
79
|
Mohamed
Jama Salad
|
Neuro-surgeon
|
Rome
|
Italy
|
|
|
80
|
Mohamed
Saeed Shandheye
|
Pediatrician
|
???
|
???
|
|
|
81
|
Mohamed
Salad Ali
|
Internal
Medicine
|
Detroit
|
USA
|
|
|
82
|
Mohamed
Yusuf Muse
|
???
|
???
|
Turkey
|
|
|
83
|
Mohamud
Omar Arabey
|
???
|
Bossasso
|
Puntland
|
|
|
84
|
Mohamud
Yousuf Agane
|
Radiologist
|
Sanaa
|
Yemen
|
|
|
85
|
Muse
Kaybdid
|
Pulmonology
|
Kismayo
|
Jubbaland
|
|
|
86
|
Nur
Mohamed Abubakar
|
Gynecologist
|
Jigjiga
|
Ethiopia
|
|
|
87
|
Omar
Ali Bihi
|
Pharmacist
|
Minneapolis
|
USA
|
|
|
88
|
Omar
H. Mohamud A. Islan
|
Internal
Medicine
|
???
|
S.
Arabia
|
|
|
89
|
Osman
Harare
|
Infectious
Disease
|
Minneapolis
|
USA
|
|
|
90
|
Osman
Nur Hirsi
|
Orthopedist
|
Buuhoodle
|
Puntland
|
|
|
91
|
Saeed
Ahmed Mohamud
|
Surgeon
|
???
|
Denmark
|
|
|
92
|
Safia
Mohamed Jama
|
Human
Nutrition
|
Nairobi
|
Kenya</ | |