Kitchen Project
The kitchen was provided with basic cooking and refrigeration by CAMO in 1998, however the need for renovation was called to CAMO’s attention by volunteers Roberta Randall and Deborah Marino. They observed many situations where food left the kitchen contaminated due to improper cleaning causing illnesses among patients.
Currently, each ward within the hospital has 30 beds, which more often than not consists of two individuals per bed. There is also only one cleaning area per wards which cleans not only bed pans and mops, but the mealtime dishes as well. With only 19 plates to serve meals from per ward, the cleaning staff is forced to clean the dishes in the contaminated water between patients to provide enough meals for everyone.
The kitchen renovations involve purchasing, installing, and training for the use of a steam tray washing system, trays, drying racks, and service carts for food delivery. This will afford individualized meals for the patients that are prepared in the kitchen, and then provided on sanitized trays. It is always tragic to have practiced good medicine just for a patient to become ill or even die from an infection they received from within the hospital; especially one that can be easily avoided.
This project will have an impact on the health of the 89,000 patients who use this hospital every year. The project will cost $10,000.
Ways You Can Help:
- Donate to the cause and help provide a safer environment for the patients in western Honduras.
