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Health Care
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In the past. it was a small clinic
with just one practitioner. Patients were just looked at and then forwarded to
specialists in either Alexandria or Cairo. The clinic did not have a laboratory
and was equipped with nothing but some chairs and a bed. If an injury occurred
on the job, it took long time to reach the patient. This situation waists time
which could result in deteriorating the patient’s situation.
However, Magrabi Agriculture did its best to assist and transport the patient
to the closest medical facility. If this seems a gloomy picture, the area
around the farm does not even have such a small clinic and patents have to go
on their own to the nearest hospital. Further, if anyone in the town was
injured, it was almost impossible to find a vehicle to transport this person to
a medical center. However, Magrabi in its role for elevating workers conditions
and the town around us is helping people in these towns who need any medical
assistance. It was the safety net for everybody in the town. With this
increasing demand on Magrabi Agriculture, the need for a bigger clinic and an
ambulance was imminent.
Now. The Magrabi’s Fairtrade joint body committee agreed on establishing a
new medical facility to include all what is needed to help workers and the
neighboring area. The project was initiated in 2007 and was completed in 2008.
The used to be a small clinic is now a medical facility with an MD. There are 3
nurses running the facility 24/7. The waiting area can take about 12 patients
and the examination room is a lot bigger. The new clinic is now equipped with a
state of the art ultra sound machine and many other equipments. The MD can
perform many small operations that were referred to hospitals in the past.
It is very important in the agricultural business to conduct a six months
Cholinesterase analysis for workers who handle pesticides to measure the work
impact on their health.
This analysis is now being done at the Magrabi’s clinic which saves time
and money. In addition, an ambulance was bought to speed up transporting
patients from the injury site to the clinic or the nearest hospital if needed.
The ambulance, therefore, provides a safe transportation for the patient
because of the nurse available in the ambulance. |
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