Kowak Health Center is being upgraded. I am bringing a new microscope and shipping two 22 quart sterilizers. Now that four Adoration Sisters from India are administering this 36 bed Health Center, we should be able to upgrade the services and health care. We hope in time to have a doctor resident and be able to perform some operations. In June 2000, the staff administered 130 blood transfusions mostly to babies.
Malaria destroys blood and quickly can kill young babies.
Only by blood transfusions can these babies be saved. Of course it is necessary to type and test for HIV all this blood. The third part of our ministry at Kowak is Kowak Girls secondary School. It is a school we planned and built. Maryknoll supported this school providing most of the money for its construction.