20.03.2018

A project of the Basel Association for Medical Cooperation

Instead of retirement, mission in Zambia

TagesWoche The journey to the remote district hospital is dangerous and arduous, yet the retired family doctor Hans-Ruedi Banderet from Basel takes on these hardships to support the hospital in Zambia, where normally only 4 doctors work.

Banderet, co-founder of the Basel Association for Medical Cooperation, sees a certain charm in working with the simplest means despite the need on the ground, but when suddenly the X-ray unit fails, one reaches its limits. (by Stefan Boss) (Photo: Zambia_Mukinge-Hospital-Kasempa_2010_Melissa-Carter/SIM USA//flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)