Maintenance Support and TeoG Swift App in Dhulikhel, Nepal

About the Project

Situation

Dhulikhel Hospital is located 25 km east of the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, in the city of the same name, Dhulikhel. The university hospital has approx. 475 beds and around 1300 employees and also looks after 20 outreach clinics, including in the Dolakha region. There is no separate maintenance team in Dolakha. So far, only 4 technicians from Dhulikhel Hospital are in charge of the maintenance there.

In Dhulikhel Hospital itself, the Swift app was introduced a few years ago, but the app has not been used so far. Thus, there is a problem of lack of systematised equipment inventory & documentation of repairs. Moreover, the workshop area is too small and thus there is a lack of a functioning workshop system.

   

Projektinhalt

During our three-week project abroad, we will visit two hospitals. Mainly we will spend the time at Dhulikhel Hospital. There we will reintroduce the "Swift" app developed by TeoG. This is used to document maintenance and repair work. In addition, technicians can network with each other and thus share their knowledge to solve problems faster and without external companies. In order to ensure a meaningful use of the app within the hospital, we will first carry out a complete inventory of the equipment and also provide the medical staff with comprehensive training on the app.

Furthermore, we will collect information for further workshop planning and establish a storage and lending system for the tools. In Dolakha, a four-hour drive from Dhulikhel, we will pre-survey the maintenance situation. For this purpose, we will make an inventory list of the existing equipment, as well as an assessment of whether it is feasible to integrate the equipment from Dolakha Hospital into the Swift app.

   

Support and contact

Thank you for your support and interest!

Feel free to send questions and suggestions to ed.goet@iam.anirahtak

 

Donation:

Technik ohne Grenzen e.V.
IBAN: DE20300606010207583290
BIC: DAAEDEDDXXX
Purpose: Donation NPL_15

Information

Project number


Project Leader



Katharina Mai

Regional Groups

  • Erlangen

Project members

Katharina Mai
Selina Werner
Julian Deyerler
Lena Augustin
Henning Risse
Andreas Vierling


Project Category

      Education

Timespan

October 2022 - November 2022

Project stage

finished


News

Last days at DHOS and project completion

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Last days at DHOS and project completion

The time here flew by! On Monday we returned from our trip to the outreach clinics and so it was time for the final spurt at Dhulikhel Hospital. After taking inventory on Tuesday morning, we were able to have…

Outreach clinics on the roof of the world

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Outreach clinics on the roof of the world

The last three days we spent a lot on potholed Nepalese mountain roads, as we visited a total of three different outreach clinics. We started on Saturday morning at Dolakha Hospital in the Gaurishankar region. This clinic is fairly…

Happy Deepawali!

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Happy Deepawali!

On Sunday, the 5-day festival of lights (Deepawali) started in Nepal. Since all technicians are on holiday, we used this to do a 2 day trip to Kathmandu and let the festival atmosphere act on us. In front of…

First days at DHOS

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First days at DHOS

The first days of work are over. We have been busy taking inventory and have had the opportunity to get to know the technicians a bit better. So in that time we are already working through the intensive care…

Namaste – Welcome to Nepal

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Namaste – Welcome to Nepal

On 17.10.22 we started a new hospital support project in Nepal, Dhulikhel. We arrived in the capital Kathmandu after a long flight with transit in Doha. On site we were kindly welcomed by the driver of Dhulikhel Hospital and…