Harare and Ulster Hospitals forge links
Harare Central Hospital chief radiographer Shelton Muchemwa (centre right) with staff from the department.
The World Radiography Educational Trust Foundation (WRETF) has helped facilitate a link between the radiology department at South Eastern Trust, Northern Ireland, with the radiology department in Harare Central Hospital, Zimbabwe, which is building an educational library for its radiography staff.
As part of its recognised twinning programme, this particular initiative is the brainchild of quality and training manager Alyson Lattimer, professional link for safeguarding at the Ulster Hospital. She and her colleagues put together a presentation about their department and sent it to their contact in Harare. The response they received was equally welcoming and communicated the crucial need to create a training library for the Harare hospital radiographers.
“Initially we asked colleagues to donate any unwanted textbooks in the hope that many of the titles were those requested by cheif radiographer Shelton Muchemwa at Harare Central Hospital. We got lucky as many were indeed on the list. In August we held a coffee morning to raise enough money to post 30kg of books to Shelton. A further 30kg of books was also shipped before Christmas,” said Lattimer.
See this report on page 4 of the February 2019 issue of RAD Magazine.
