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This hospital has been serving, for 400 years, the poorest members of the population. These people come from far away to "their" hospital. When hotel costs are unaffordable, family members of long-term patients frequently overnight in the hospital (like here under the bed). Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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The doctor (left) shows the disheartening conditions in which patients in the hospital must stay for long periods.
Photo Stg. Huize Aarde |
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As in the previous photo. The patient on the foreground complained that he does not have a suitable area to store his personal belongings. "When my family leaves behind medicines for me they are stolen". |
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This girl has just returned from the operating room. Because there were too few beds, she had to remain for weeks on this dangerous travel bed. Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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Only in this ward beds, floors, walls and equipment are well maintained. Also the patients get bed sheets from the hospital. Is the reason for this that doctor in charge of this ward is also the director of the hospital? Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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Another ward in the same hospital. In this ward TBC-patients lie next to all kinds of other patients. There is no special area for patients with contagious illnesses. In this room patients must use their own bed sheets. Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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In the intensive care area there is little room for movement. Moreover, the area is warm and humid. |
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In this dark and moist cluttered corner, blood is taken from family members of patients. The blood is not checked for infectious diseases. Phofo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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Kitchen staff transports meals in a shopping card. The plates are simply piled up on each other. The meals consist primarily of carbohydrates. Vegetables and fruits are lacking. Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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In a new wing of this hospital the air-conditioning works so well that people are too cold. Outside it is about 35 degrees Celsius, inside about 15 degrees Celsius. Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |