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HEALTH
In order to fulfil the medical, needs of tie civilian population, FRELIMO
Central Committee decided, in November, 1966 to reorganise the existing
structures of the FRELIMO Health Services and to create a Directorate
of Health Services*
For medical purposes the liberated areas were divided into medical
districts, and these again v/ere split into small cells v/hich are the
real units for the working of the health services *
The health centres established in the liberated areas are of various
types according to the kinds of illness to be treated and the equipment
and personnel available. These health centres vary from simple first
aid posts (PPS), v/here dressings are done, first aid provided for all
kinds of emergencies, where other minor health problems are solved and
where treatment can becarried out as prescribed by other more important
health centres, to area hospitals, where a large number of diseases are
treated, in particular, those which are infectious or parasitic, where
sutures are carried out, minor surgery is done and fractures can be
treated* In one such hospital in Cabo Delgado, 3,485 people were
treated from September, 1968 - August, 1969* One of our hospitals in
Niassa treated 2,874 patients during the same period* And in Tete,
where our medical services are still in the process of being established,
one of our health centres treated 515 people from January to June this
year*
These health centres are organised so that a patient who cannot be treated
in one post can be- transferred quickly to a better equipped centre. This
convenient stratification of different health centres allows for a rational utilisation of all personnel, even those v/ho have had a very
hasty medical preparation* Appropriate medical regulations were drawn
up which allow every member of the medical staff (which numbers about
400 in all) to make available all the assistance his/her level of
knowledge enables him/her to, but prevents the abuse of restricted
drugs which might lead to disasters,
For some cases, our health centres lack the facilities for treatment,
so we have to go to neighbouring countries for help, in particular to
Tanzania* We hope, however, as soon as possible to have our own means
of solving every medical or surgical problem.
Clearly we are increasingly in need of funds to run and supply all these
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| Title | CENPA-339~48 |
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| Full text | HEALTH In order to fulfil the medical, needs of tie civilian population, FRELIMO Central Committee decided, in November, 1966 to reorganise the existing structures of the FRELIMO Health Services and to create a Directorate of Health Services* For medical purposes the liberated areas were divided into medical districts, and these again v/ere split into small cells v/hich are the real units for the working of the health services * The health centres established in the liberated areas are of various types according to the kinds of illness to be treated and the equipment and personnel available. These health centres vary from simple first aid posts (PPS), v/here dressings are done, first aid provided for all kinds of emergencies, where other minor health problems are solved and where treatment can becarried out as prescribed by other more important health centres, to area hospitals, where a large number of diseases are treated, in particular, those which are infectious or parasitic, where sutures are carried out, minor surgery is done and fractures can be treated* In one such hospital in Cabo Delgado, 3,485 people were treated from September, 1968 - August, 1969* One of our hospitals in Niassa treated 2,874 patients during the same period* And in Tete, where our medical services are still in the process of being established, one of our health centres treated 515 people from January to June this year* These health centres are organised so that a patient who cannot be treated in one post can be- transferred quickly to a better equipped centre. This convenient stratification of different health centres allows for a rational utilisation of all personnel, even those v/ho have had a very hasty medical preparation* Appropriate medical regulations were drawn up which allow every member of the medical staff (which numbers about 400 in all) to make available all the assistance his/her level of knowledge enables him/her to, but prevents the abuse of restricted drugs which might lead to disasters, For some cases, our health centres lack the facilities for treatment, so we have to go to neighbouring countries for help, in particular to Tanzania* We hope, however, as soon as possible to have our own means of solving every medical or surgical problem. Clearly we are increasingly in need of funds to run and supply all these 42 |
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