Since a few weeks, the Swiss Laos Hospital Project has a new representative in Laos, Gabriele Grossenbacher. She replaces Regine Wehrle, who had reported from Laos for the last time at our Annual Meeting 2021. In a video message from early October, Gabriele...
Due to the Corona pandemic, we have not been able to send volunteers from Switzerland to Laos since March 2020. Thanks to Regine Wehrle, a German pediatrician on site, and frequent contacts with our Laotian partners via internet, we were nevertheless able to provide...
After careful planning and with the financial support of the Claus Cramer Foundation, the construction of an obstetrics and a neonatology ward could be started at the provincial hospital in Savannaketh. Particular attention was paid to sensible procedures and hygiene...
The district hospital of Nong Het is responsible for primary health care in the mountainous north of Laos. Since 2014, it has been visited three to four times a year by our GP group. The small hospital is to be expanded step by step over several years. In a first...
At Luang Nam Tha Provincial Hospital, the two existing operating rooms, sterilization, post-operative monitoring rooms, wet rooms and ancillary rooms were renovated. In addition, a third operating room was built, in which primarily caesarean sections will be...
2020 was a special year – in two respects: On one hand, it was dominated by the Corona pandemic, which made it largely impossible for our volunteer teams to travel to Laos. On the other hand, it was the year in which the Swiss Laos Hospital Project celebrated its 20th...