By Daran Rehmeyer | Executive Director
Eswatini has been through 3 waves of Covid-19 infections so far. The first two waves had their greatest impact in the more heavily populated areas of the country and pretty much left the rural areas unscathed. The third wave impacted the areas we more to a much greater extent.
Pre third wave, the Kudvumisa Clinic was seeing 20-30 walk in patients each morning before the staff would take the mobile clinic and begin their work directly in the communities.
The third wave brought much more exposure to our clinic. We began seeing many more people in the rural areas being infected and suffering from (mostly and thankfully) mild Covid symptoms. The Eswatini Ministry of Health asked to set up a Covid rapid testing station on the Kudvumisa Clinic grounds. Anyone testing positive on the rapid test was given a cocktail of different medicines and supplements.
With the exposure of the MoH presence, the clinic began seeing 60-70 walk in patients each day. That has continued even after the MoH removed their tents as the third wave waned. The pressure on our resources has been tremendous.
Expanding the portion of our daily power supplied from solar has become even more important. Every emalangeni/rand/dollar we can save on electricity is one more we can spend directly on patient care.
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