May 2012
20,000 bricks, 45,500 kg of cement, 443 tonnes of sand and 246 iron sheets, among dozens of other materials have finally been put together in the form of a new medical facility at the Katito Health Centre. The project which started with fundraising activities in November 2010 was completed in May 2012 after construction started in December 2011.
The facility has 10 bays for child in-patients but in times of epidemics and peaks of infection the facility would cope with up to 20 children at any one time. For the first time the facility has sleeping quarters for nursing staff to stay overnight and the Health Centre will transform from an out-patient only facility to a joint in and out-patient centre.
A spacious new laboratory will allow for the provision of services that couldn’t be undertaken in the previous facility.
Dr Kennedy Otieno, the district medical officer of health, wrote to us to say, “The District Health Management Team (DHMT) under the leadership of the District Medical Officer of Health takes the earliest opportunity to thank the Footsteps organization for this kind donation. The facility shall be used to care for the sick children within the district and, it is our hope it will be a step towards reducing child mortality.”
