UK medical volunteers arrive in Maldives

Five volunteers from the UK have arrived to help with medical services in the Maldives, and will work for two weeks to help strengthen health services in their specialist fields.

Consultant paediatrician Dr David Campbell is currently volunteering in Fuvahmulah hospital, following a brief visit to Hithadhoo Hospital in Addu Atoll.

His wife, Fiona Campbell, is currently training nurses in quality standards and will later voluQuality Standards training to the nurses. She will later volunteer in the Quality Improvement Division in Male’.

Dr Andrew Lee will meanwhile assist in the development of public health prevention programmes in Huluhumale Hospital, while Dr Paul Harvey is volunteering in the Department of Drug Prevention and Rehabilitative Services in the capital.

Consultant obstetrician Dr James Forsey, who arrived early April, will be transferred to Addu where he will carry out clinical work and provide training for local medical staff on nearby islands.

The volunteers were recruited by the government’s International Volunteer Programme (IVP) with assistance with UK-based NGO Friends of Maldives (FOM) and the Maldives High Commission in London.