| Project | Ormoc District Hospital Rehabilitation |
| Objectives | • To repair/replace the roofing, ceiling and walls (where needed) of the damaged health facility • To ensure that the hospital will return to full functionality within three months • To enable the hospital to meet the rising needs of the affected communities by enhancing its infrastructural capacity • To supplement the inpatient services to ensure that space and resources are utilised efficiently |
| Project Partners | Ormoc District Hospital |
| Activities | Rehabilitation of Ormoc District Hospital |
| Locations | Leyte Island |
| Period | 18 November – 30 December 2013 |
| Accomplishments | Full Rehabilitation of Ormoc District Hospital |
Background
Ormoc District Hospital (ODH), a level 1 category hospital
with a 100-bed capacity was badly damaged by Haiyan. The
infrastructural damage was so extensive that the hospital’s
outpatient services were halted indefinitely and the inpatient
capacity was reduced to only 20 beds as the two blocks which
housed the Operation Theatre and all patient wards suffered
extensive damage. The only functional building at the time was
the administrative block where patients were housed along the
hallway and lobby at the hospital.
MERCY Malaysia’s efforts
MERCY Malaysia’s technical team was deployed to rehabilitate
ODH with the goal of repairing the damaged health facility and
restoring all health services provided by the hospital within a
period of two months. Bearing in mind that the restoration of lifesaving
medical services is top priority for long-term sustainability,
the team initiated the rehabilitation work on 18 November 2013.
The full rehabilitation of all three buildings of ODH ended on
30 December 2013 when MERCY Malaysia completed the
rehabilitation of all medical, isolation, paediatric and Obstetrics
and Gynecology (OB/GYN) wards that made up the two damaged
buildings as well as the main administrative building that also
suffered substantive damage to the roofing.
