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As in all hospitals, the staff now encompasses doctors, nurses, nurses
aides, administration personnel, pharmacists, lab assistants and the
hard-working cleaners.
Dr Hamlin (now in her '80s) is the
Founder.
Mr Mark Bennett is the Chief Executive Officer. He served for six years as
Program Coordinator for Refuge Egypt, a Cairo-based organisation and latterly,
as Diocesan Development Director of the Episcopal Church in Egypt.
Dr Hamlin has a team of surgeons who are dedicated in their
support of her work.
Much of the pre- and post-operative care is supervised
by Sister Ejigayehu (above left), the matron, assisted by experienced senior nurses, and by
many former patients who have been trained in many tasks.
There is a full-time Business Manager, Genet Kifle, and
she leads a small efficient staff - all Ethiopian.
There are regular visits by surgeon trustees of this Charity and by
other eminent surgeons, usually from the UK, who
treat difficult cases at no
cost to the hospital. Of particular note is Professor Gordon Williams,
originally from The Hammersmith Hospital in London, a Consultant Urologist, who
is now Medical Director of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. His
contributions are enormous and his work greatly appreciated.
Training of medical staff is a top priority and often
surgeons intending to work in this field in other parts of the world come here
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