New Mother and Child Hospital Vientaine

A new mom and baby hospital opened in 2011 in Vientaine sees many patients and gives foreign medical personel a chance to get experience and teach Lao medical personel.  http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/sub-new/Lifestyle/lifestyle_The%20Mother.htm

I found this interesting:

“Those wards will allow us to lower the infant mortality rate significantly,” says [Dr Urs Lauper, a former head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University Hospital Zurich]. That contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

With the same goal in mind, the Swiss Lao Hospital Project funded a newborn delivery kit, which provides medical personnel in rural areas with hygienic materials to prevent omphalis (navel inflammation) and newborn tetanus. In the future Dr Lauper hopes to strengthen the health system at the village level and to improve the equipment used at Health Centres.

Here is another article on the subject: http://laovoices.com/childrens-hospital-opens-in-vientiane/