Why we do it
According to the WHO between 50 and 70% of all medical devices in Sub-Saharan African hospitals and clinics are out of service at any one time, and this has a huge impact on the ability of these nations to provide effective health care. A significant cause of this is the chronic shortage of adequately trained biomedical engineers in many of these countries.
How we do it
The Amalthea Trust is a non-profit organisation that helps to provide the support, practical experience and know-how necessary for professionals in low resource settings to self-maintain their own countries medical devices, thus helping to improve healthcare delivery for millions of people.
What we do :
on the ground
We work alongside universities and technical colleges in Africa, placing experienced engineers from the UK NHS - who volunteer through us for two weeks at a time - with these colleges, giving the recipients practical hands-on training on specific medical devices.
What we do : online
For in-service biomedical engineers (or for training colleges) we also run interactive online practical sessions/webinars over Zoom where our highly experienced volunteers will conduct training in fault-finding, maintenance and repair for small groups of biomedical engineers on request. This service is FREE OF CHARGE.
“I have been back for a month after the experience of a lifetime, an experience I would do again tomorrow and one I would recommend to anybody!”
TEACHING ULTRASOUND IN AFRICA
Mr Ben Johnson
BMET Diploma (Ultrasound Systems)
Contact Amalthea Trust
Gloucester Road Trading Estate, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK
(+44) 07753 451945
