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[[♪ music ♪][With help from GE and the GE Foundation, International Medical Corps]]
[[has received critical medical equipment for use in its humanitarian relief efforts in Chad.]]
[[International Medical Corps Country Director for Chad,]]
[[Dayan Woldemichael, discusses the impact of the equipment.]]
[This hospital usually deals with complicated cases]
[that could not be treated in primary healthcare centers. ]
[The importance of the equipment is two fold. ]
[The first, and most important, is]
[the staff will make a proper diagnosis. ]
[The staff is usually trained to make]
[They know the clinical history]
[and the physical examination, ]
[but without this equipment it would be like making]
[But with this equipment you can do the ultrasound ]
[and then you have a very clear diagnosis. ]
[the medical team plan proper intervention. ]
[And the second importance is the fact that ]
[you can start treating the patient]
[and you can follow up with the prognosis]
[For example, if the patient has a fracture, ]
[you can do an x-ray after 4 weeks and follow up]
[with how the bone is healing. ]
[if this facility was not here in A'beche]
[the next available response would be to ]
[transport the patient from A'beche to N'Djamena]
[and in that way it is further helping]
[cut a lot of costs for the transfer]
[and a lot of hardships for the patient. ]
[[♪ music ♪] [200,000 people including 30,000 refugees from Darfur]]
[[now have access to better healthcare because of this equipment]]
