From Clinic to Hospital from Lwala Community Alliance on Vimeo.
In Lwala more than 70% of women give birth at home without the assistance of trained medical professionals. In order to better care for women in labor, the Lwala Community Health Center completed construction on a new maternity wing in April 2011 and, as a result, is now designated as the Lwala Community Hospital. The expanded facility provides dedicated space for mothers during labor, delivery, and observation. The other side of the wing houses a series of consult rooms to provide more privacy for patient care, particularly for patients with HIV.
This expansion is made possible by hundreds of personal donations, the Deb Miller Memorial Fund, the Real Medicine Foundation, World Children’s Fund, Segal Family Foundation, and Ronald McDonald House Charities.
