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Healthcare Mongolia
Healthcare in Mongolia runs under an insurance system, requiring the uninsured to pay for their treatment upfront. Although children receive their insurance for free, they still require the correct documentation, which many of the poorest lack. The Healthcare Project was established in 1997 to provide the poor, orphaned and abandoned children of Ulaanbaatar with free professional medical attention and emergency care. Since then, the Project has broadened the scope of its programmes. |
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This room in the Mother and Child Research Center (MCRC), the country's largest pediatric facility, provides an out-patient health service five days a week, staffed by a CNCF doctor. In 2009, the patients included children involved in the CNCF Sponsorship Project and their siblings between the ages of 0 to 17; 50 children in the CNCF supported Blue Skies Ger Village; around 200 working and over 100 homeless children all living in poverty. The biggest problem is respiratory disorders, due to pollution, which account for 16.1% of illnesses with the number of cases doubling since 2002 (2398 consultations for 2009 alone). Children who attend the clinic receive any necessary prescriptions for free, by arrangement with a local pharmacy.
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Specialised Medical Aid
Pediatricians of the Mother and Child Research Centre (MCRC) will provide specialised medical aid and any other necessary medicinal treatment to children who have been examined in our examination room.
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Within the MCRC there is a dental clinic which was renovated in 2005 by CNCF for use by the hospital. This includes oral treatment, surgical and orthodontic departments.
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| Mobile Night Clinic |
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Through a generous donation of a Mercedes-Benz Unimog by Derek Ryan and supporters in Ireland , the Foundation is able to operate a mobile night clinic for street children. These children are shunned by society and bereft of basic rights, making them particularly vulnerable to ill-health because their living conditions mean that mild problems can easily develop into chronic diseases.
The doctor and her team travel the city's streets, visiting manholes where children congregate for warmth to bring emergency medical treatment, warm food and clothing to hundreds of children otherwise abandoned to the ice and snow. Established in 2000, the Night Clinic recently extended the range of its operations, running 4 nights a week during the winter, serving over 7,000 children in 2009. Most of the children fall ill due to malnutrition with common illnesses including: infected wounds, respiratory diseases, kidney, urinary and digestive system problems. In winter they suffer frostbite from the extreme elements and burns from the pipe work in the manholes.
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Home Visits and Education
Home visits are carried out to provide necessary medicines to children with chronic and hereditary diseases. We also provide specialised medical aid and advice on hygiene to children and their parents, with regular healthcare lectures presented to children and families in the Ger Village and the sponsorship parents. They cover a wide range of topics including general hygiene, first aid, and treatment for exposure to the elements. |
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