A Year Later: Improved sanitation conditions for patients!

The Lungi Government Hospital desperately needed clean water before the well on the hospital campus that the staff relied on was rehabilitated last year.

"Before the rehabilitation of this well, getting pure and safe drinking water was a big issue. We found it difficult to run [the] sanitation affairs of the hospital, especially the cleaning of the hospital toilets and taking care of the patients," said 34-year-old nurse Binta Nah.

But thankfully, things have dramatically improved since last year, and the staff is now used to operating with enough water to make a difference for their patients and their health.

"Actually, the intervention of [this] project has immensely improved the sanitation of the hospital because we have enough water to do the cleaning," said Nurse Nah.

"Having pure and safe drinking water has reduced the rate of death in the hospital, which is a big achievement because a hospital cannot run properly without the availability [of] water," concluded Nurse Nah.

Nurse Nah standing outside the rehabilitated well.