{"id":32113,"date":"2022-03-18T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/?p=32113"},"modified":"2022-03-18T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T16:35:58","slug":"cyclone-batsirai-in-madagascar-our-action-at-the-sainte-anne-hospital-in-mananjary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/a-la-une-en\/cyclone-batsirai-in-madagascar-our-action-at-the-sainte-anne-hospital-in-mananjary\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar : our action at the Sainte-Anne hospital in Mananjary"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][easy-social-share buttons=”facebook,twitter,linkedin”][vc_column_text]On February 5th, Cyclone Batsirai swept along the East coast of Madagascar. It caused the collapse of many buildings, houses, health care centers as well as floods and major power cuts. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Cyclone Batsirai also devastated crops. Heavy rains and wind gusts of up to 240km\/h first hit the East coast of the island, before moving inland, causing rivers to overflow into the rice fields.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To date, more than 70,000 people have been displaced, 125,000 people have been affected and about 100 people have lost their lives. <\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”THE DISTRICT OF MANANJARY, LARGELY DESTROYED BY THE PASSAGE OF CYCLONE BATSIRAI” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″]

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\"<\/p>\n\t\tThe district of Mananjary was destroyed to 80%! The hospital resisted well, however, following the diagnosis made by technicians sent on site, it turns out that the batteries were impacted by the rain although they were in a sheltered room and that this destroyed the regulator of the electrical installation.<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\"<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

\n\t\tFather Jean-Yves Lhomme, director of the Sainte-Anne hospital<\/em><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”32123″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]On February 22, only two weeks after this tragic event, cyclone Emnati<\/strong> hit the island of Madagascar again: no casualties were reported, but the bad weather made it difficult for rescue services to reach the most sensitive areas.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”A WEAKENED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left”][vc_column_text]The funds raised will allow us to support the Sainte-Anne hospital<\/strong>, located in the district of Mananjary, where Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res teams have already been mobilized in the past to electrify the building.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”OUR INTERVENTION” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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  • Restore the electricity in a part of the building deteriorated by the cyclone.<\/li>\n
  • Replace the damaged regulators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    \"<\/p>\n\t\tThe emergency is to replace the defective regulators and to get the photovoltaic generator back into operation very quickly, as the hospital cannot operate permanently on the existing electrical generators.<\/em>
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    \n\t\tThierry, project correspondent at Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text]Ste. Anne’s Hospital is now the only hospital that can be used in the entire region, with approximately 1,500 patients per year. It covers a population of more than 70,000 people, which is why our teams are urgently working to meet the facility’s energy needs.<\/p>\n

    [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Retrospective<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    2015: Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res was asked for assistance to electrify the public hospital Sainte-Anne de Mananjary.<\/p>\n

    The objective was to improve both the working conditions of the nursing staff and the conditions of care of the patients.<\/p>\n

    We responded to these needs by providing a mixed source of photovoltaic energy and generators, as well as by setting up an electrical network and a water distribution network in case of fire. A team was also trained to maintain the installations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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