A Rose In The Desert
A ROSE IN THE DESERT By Jeremy Leariwala History has it that on 13 th April 1969 Padre Della Consolata founded a 38 beds capacity hospital at the foot of a mountain in a place called Wamba. He put it under the management of one Dr. Silvio Prandoni (A specialist in tropical diseases) supported by Consolata Sisters as the nurses; nursing and caring for the sick has always been more of a calling, a devotion and a sacrifice, just like evangelism. He named it Wamba Catholic Hospital. The purpose of the hospital was simply to provide access to quality healthcare for all who needed it, regardless of their economic status. The immediate beneficiary was the nomadic pastoralist of those years, but the facility, through fund raising acquired medical equipments and medicine, grew to be a de-facto referral hospital with a 200 beds capacity, unrivalled quality service and an airstrip to be used by the flying doctors when the need arose. Wamba Catholic Hospital and Dr. Silvio Prandoni ...