Rotary Club of Khuree, Ulaanbaatar

Global Grant number:

GG2098544

Objectives:

Increase the care in urinary tract disease treatment for patient by providing laser surgery machine and instruments

Start:

September 2019

Completion:

October 2020

Co-operating Organization:

Centre of Urology and Andrology, The First Central Hospital of Mongolia

Project Amount (US$):

US$227,654

Number of Beneficiaries:

All patients with urology and kidney disease (approx.3000 per year), which increases by 30% every year. Accordingly,1,552 surgeries were performed in 10 months after the donation of the equipment.

Location of Project:

Mongolia

Number of Rotary Family volunteered:

  • RC of Tendo East, 2800
  • RC of Tokyo Arakawa, 2580
  • RC of Tokyo Tachikawa Kobushi, 2750
  • District 2800
  • District 2580
  • District 2750

Project Description:

Kidney stone, urinal stone and bladder stone are one of the leading diseases in Mongolia. Our project has achieved the followings:

• Upgrade the equipment to the standard of developed countries

• Patients no longer need to travel abroad for laser surgery

• Shorten the patient’s waiting time

• Decrease work load through simplification of operation process

• Enhance the quality of patient care by initiating new technology

• Reduce the length of hospital stay

• Improve the economic efficiency of the operation

A highly positive audit, which was conducted by The Rotary Foundation, has recommended that the donated equipment is useful for prostate laser surgery in the future. Being a medical specialist, the auditor has also participated in the surgery with doctors of the urology centre to witness the application of the donated equipment.