5th February 2021
Othorsurge Botswana last week Friday held a ground breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of a refurbishment of the Ostomy Clinic at Nyangabwe Referral Hospital (NRH) in Francistown.
An ostomy clinic provides patients with long-term access to a Certified Ostomy Care Nurse (COCN) or Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (CWOCN) specialist essential for people requiring ostomies. An ostomy is a surgery done to create an opening (stoma) from an area inside the patient body to the outside and it treats a number of diseases of the digestive or urinary systems.
The refurbishment project will cost around P200 000. It is anticipated to be complete by April 2021 and will help improve services for Ostomy patients at NRH.