Deliver Maternal Health Care in Dulag

The main clinic building is finally finished and staff have been able to move in and start treating patients there. The Bumi Sehat Bahai Arugaan ni Maria (BAM)  birth center is lit with a new solar electric system, given by a generous donor. This region of the Philippines has frequent power outages, which can be dangerous if a woman is in labor or a patient is receiving urgent medical care. The solar system will now guarantee that the lights never go out at the clinic.

While the main clinic is finished, we need to build "Waiting Huts." These are tiny houses for families from far flung islands, where there is no medical care, so they can stay at Bumi Sehat Philippines until the birth. 

In additon, the Bumi Sehat SAM team delivers nutritious meals to children in local families, to help prevent stunting from malnnutrition. The clinic land is blessed by an orchard of mature fruit trees so all new mothers are sent home with a bag of fresh mangoes and papaya, to help them eat well after the birth and bring on their milk.

The midwives at Bumi Sehat Dulag treat 120 pre-natal patients and deliver 17 babies each month so there is strong, steady demand for pre-natal and birth services in the area. With a new, permanent clinic, Bumi Sehat can provide ongoing accessible maternal health care in a medically underserved area for people who can't afford the cost of healthcare. And continue to deliver our gentle, loving, woman-to-woman midwifery and maternal health care in a beautiful, purpose-built, new clinic building all thanks to your donations!

The new Bumi Sehat clinic in San Jose, Dulag, is over half-way built. The rooms are finished and the roof is on the building. The tile floors are installed. Many of the fittings, such as doors, windows, toilets, sinks, etc, are still waiting to go in. The electricians and plumbers are still making sure the water and electricity work properly. 

On the administrative side, the Dulag team is nearly done filing all the papers and certifications that the government requires for a proper functioning clinic. So we're almost ready to move in and start treating patients. We still need to put in beds, tables, cabinets and medical equipment before we're able to properly occupy the new site. As the rest of the project money comes in, we anticpate being able to finish fitting out the building as a working clinic.

We don't know who is more excited about our new clinic - the staff or the patients!  The midwives at Bumi Sehat Dulag treat 120 pre-natal patients and deliver 17 babies each month so there is strong, steady demand for pre-natal and birth services in the area. With a new, permanent clinic, Bumi Sehat can provide ongoing accessible maternal health care in a medically underserved area for people who can't afford the cost of healthcare. And continue to deliver our gentle, loving, woman-to-woman midwifery and maternal health care in a beautiful, purpose-built, new clinic building all thanks to your donations!