STORY: AMISOM provides hundreds with free medical care

in Dhobley
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DATELINE: 1/OCTOBER/2019, DHOBLEY, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military officers offloading
medical supplies for the health screening camp at Dhobley General Hospital
2. Med shot, soldiers offloading
3. Med shot, boxes of medicine
4. Wide shot, soldiers carrying boxes
5. Wide shot, Dhobley General Hospital
6. Med shot, soldiers carrying boxes of medical supplies
7. Med shot, ambulance at the hospital
8. Close up shot, soldiers offloading more boxes of medical supplies
9. Wide shot, patients lining up at the main entrance of the hospital
10. Med shot, Somali National Army and AMISOM officers directing patients
11. Wide shot, patients waiting to receive treatment
12. Med shot, patients
13. Med shot, an AMISOM medical officer together with a Dhobley hospital health
worker attend to a patient
14. Close up shot, patient
15. Med shot, the doctor talking to the patient
16. Med shot, AMISOM medical officer and Dhobley hospital health worker
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) LT Col. Dr. Wahome, of AMISOM Aid
“Under the Somali Transition Plan of 2018 and also under the Concept of Operations
2018-2021 we are supposed, at least, to provide assistance to the civilians in terms
of healthcare and also to mentor the local Somali health care professionals in
healthcare care provision support so that ultimately when AMISOM leaves, they will
be able to take care of their own population in terms of health provision and health
education.”

18. Wide shot, a soldier interacting with patients

19. Med shot, a doctor attends to a patient
20. Close up shot, patient
21. Wide shot, doctor attends to a patient
22. Close up shot, doctor writing
23. Med shot, patients with the doctor
24. Med shot, other patients waiting
25. Med shot, a soldier helps a person with a disability to receive medicine
26. Close up shot, a patient with his parent waiting
27. Wide shot, a soldier helps a person with a disability
28. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Siyad Mohamed Hassan, Dhobley Administrator
“This is the fourth collaboration we’ve had with doctors from AMISOM and we hope
for more of such in the future”

29. Wide shot, AMISOM soldiers and Dhobley hospital health workers attending to
patients
30. Close up shot, patients waiting
31. Med shot, an AMISOM soldier and Dhobley hospital health worker giving
medicine to patients
32. Close up shot, more patients waiting
33. Wide shot, an AMISOM soldier and Dhobley hospital health workers giving
medicine to patients
34. SOUNDBITE: (English) LT. Col Johali Muwaziche Miljalla, Commandant of
AMISOM Level 2 Hospital in Dhobley
“Last time we were here was in May where we say close to 200 people, today the
numbers have gone beyond 200 and we are still seeing them. We are also coming up
with a community programme, whereby the healthcare workers in Dhobley will be
going to the communities for outreach services, they will be treating their people or
the community members and they will also be screening for patients with cleft
palate, cleft lip, vesicovaginal fistula and at the end of the day, they will be referred
to Dhobley general hospital and after evaluation again, we hope to have another
medical camp whereby we will also do a surgery to them in the Dhobley level 2
hospital,”

35. Med shot, more patients coming in for treatment

36. Wide shot, patients waiting for treatment

AMISOM provides hundreds with free medical care in Dhobley

Mogadishu, 02 October—African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military

officers on Tuesday held a free health screening at Dhobley General Hospital as part
of activities to support communities and improve on quality healthcare delivery.

Residents, who turned up in their large numbers, received free medical checkup,
medication and professional advice from medical doctors with the Kenyan Defence
Force who collaborated with medical personnel from the Dhobley General Hospital.

LT Col. Dr. Wahome, of AMISOM Aid, said they attended to over 300 patients with
cases ranging from malaria, diarrhea, respiratory and throat infection, skin diseases
and children with burns and skin abscesses.

“As part of the Somali Transition Plan and our Concept of Operations, we have a
responsibility to support and develop the capacity of our Somali counterparts. Even
though we are in uniform, we are health professionals and partnering with our
counterparts at Dhobley General Hospital has been a tremendous success”, Dr.
Wahome said.

The Dhobley Administrator, Siyad Mohamed Hassan, thanked AMISOM for the
continued support to the people in and around Dhobley. “This is the fourth
collaboration we’ve had with doctors from AMISOM and we hope for more of such in
the future” Mr Hassan said.

The Jubbaland Health Coordinator, Nur Bihi Osman, was at the hospital to witness
the hundreds who came to receive medical assistance.

LT.Col Johali Muwaziche Miljalla, the commandant of AMISOM Level 2 Hospital in

Dhobley said compared to a few months ago, the medical camps were increasingly
receiving more participation.

“Our last medical camp in May attended to about 200 people. This time however we
have seen about 300 patients. We are finalizing our community programmes which
includes healthcare professionals moving from community to community to offer
outreach services. They will identify and review cases including cleft palate, cleft lip,
vesicovaginal fistula, among others. The patients will then be refereed to Dhobley
General Hospital and after evaluation we will prep them for surgery”, LT.Col Miljalla
said.