Ganta Hospital
G anta hospital and chapel
The Ganta United Methodist Mission was founded by Dr. George Harley in 1924. The medical facility gradually grew from a small one-room clinic to a complete sixty -bed hospital. It is now a30 bed health clinic.
Should you desire to contribute to the work of Ganta Hospital through the Advance Special, following is the information to use:
Ganta United Methodist Hospital, Emergency Program
Support....#10009A
Ganta United Methodist Hospital, Emergency
Support........#10010T
New George W. Harley Hspoital 15080N
Please write us at email address:
umcliberia@yahoo.com should you desire further information.
Equipment Needs for Ganta Hospital Laboratory
1-2 binocular microscope with 10X,40X,100X oil objectives, condensor, built in halogen lamp, mechanical stage, fine and coarse adjustment.
dry powder stains 25g.carbol fuschin, 25g methylene blue, 25g crystal violet, 25g. Field A &B stain, 25g. safranine, 25g. Wright's stain, 250g. Phenol crystals, 200ml. glycerin, 200 ml. Gram Iodine solution.
4 assorted size test tube racks for tubes, sizes 7ml, 3ml, 4ml.
1 centrifuge with 6-8 tube holder for 7ml. tubes, table model, 115 volts. for urines
300 plastic conical tubes for Urine sediment size 7ml
1 serofuge small centifuge for 3ml.tubes used for serology, head wiith 6-12 tube holders.
1 microhematocrit machine to hold standard hematocrit tubes capillary tubes head with 6-12 places.
600 capillary tubes for hematocrits heparized 100-200 per/vial
1 box sealant for capillary tubes 10 trays
pipettors with plastic tips
2 50ul non variable, 2 100ul non variable
1 10-50ul variable, 1 200-1000ul variable with tips to fit.
10 boxes microcope slides standard size glass
6 cover slips glass, 22 x22 mm.glass
100 wooden applicator sticks
100 hemoccult kits
2 sedmentation rate racks and tyubes.
1000 lancets
1000 vacutainer tubes needles 20g, 21g, 22g assorted lenghts of 1 inch to 1 1/2 inches.
500 vacutainer tubes purple tops with EDTA size 3-5 ml.
500 vacutainer tubes red tube without anticoagulant.
500 3-5ml. plastic syringes with needles 21g, 22g needles
200 plastic transfer pipettes
10 bottles /100 stix urine dipstick with at least indicators of protein, glucose, acetone, nitrites, leukocytes other incadators ok.
glucometers with 1000's of strips that are compatible and indate models Prestige, Elite, Accu -check . Glucometers should all be of same make and compatible with strips. Try to get glucometers that the strips are a reasonable price to reorder.
1 balance simple 1g.- 500g
books 1 copy of each Monica Chesseborough Vol.I, Vol.II Medical Laboratory for tropical Countries. WHO Maanuel for Health Technology 2003 edition, Blood Cell Atlas
Funds to purchase materials in country such as alcohols, acetone etc. Other reagents that are needed are blood typing reagents.
FOR MORE INFORMATION —
Contact:
Joseph & Carolyn Wagner
General Coordinators
Operation Classroom
PO Box 277
Colfax, IN 46035
Phone: 765.324.2556 or 765-650-0321
Fax: 765.324.2686
E-mail: wagners@operationclassroom.org
ccwagner@hotmail.com
Dr. Cherian Thomas
475 Riverside Drive Room 330
New York, NY 10115
Tel: (212) - 870 - 3870
Fax: (212) - 870 - 3624
email: CThomas@gbgm-umc.org
James Perry
1729 Berwickshire Circle
Raleigh NC 27615
Phone: 919.846.0276
Fax: 919.676.0855
jimperryassoc@worldnet.att.net
