Founded only in 2018, Mendewa is a small hospital, 8 miles from the town of Bo, with a catchment population of 5,000. The community in their area is impoverished, with no access to electricity, running water or main roads. Rates of illiteracy and under age pregnancy are high, poverty and poor health are debilitating factors in the area.

The Hospital: With 15 beds, they treat 225 adults and 720 patients under 18 each month. The opening of the hospital has helped to improve the overall health and wellbeing of the community, and since it has opened it has helped to reduce the infant mortality rate as well as the rate of deaths related to malaria and typhoid.

Immunisations for Pregnant Mothers

Medical Priorities: Malaria and typhoid are their biggest medical problems, both in terms of cases presenting and as a cause of death.

Measles/Rubella Outreach Programme

Medical Staff: There are 6 nurses and a midwife, a doctor visits once each week.

Inter Care’s Impact: As well as the direct medical aid, we also supply medical books wherever we can and where there is most need. Mendewa was one such beneficiary: “The Medical books have proved a big hit with our qualified staff and our student nurses, we are now hoping to gather enough to start a small library in the future, as books of this nature are rare and expensive in Sierra Leone. The Nurses have asked me to give you all a big Thank You!”

Student Nurses with their new text books supplied by Inter Care

Inter Care’s Impact: Mendewa Hospital is a recent addition to the health units supported by Inter Care, their first shipment of medical aid was delivered in May 2021. Within 6 months well over 100 patients had benefitted from this aid.