{"id":1331,"date":"2017-06-22T13:22:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T13:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2017-06-22T13:22:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T13:22:08","slug":"first-cardiac-catheterisation-laboratory-in-mali-launch-of-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/first-cardiac-catheterisation-laboratory-in-mali-launch-of-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"First cardiac catheterisation laboratory in Mali: launch of construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Friday 7 April, Gilles Tonelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dr Marie-Madeleine Togo, Malian Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, and Dr Fran\u00e7ois Bourlon, Vice President of the Monegasque organisation SHARE,* laid the foundation stone for the cardiac catheterisation unit at the Mother and Child Hospital in Bamako, the first of its kind in Mali.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A project led by SHARE, the cardiac catheterisation unit will become operational in 2019 and will enable cardiovascular patients from Mali and the sub-region to receive treatment within the country itself instead of waiting for a medical evacuation overseas, as is currently the case.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, Gilles Tonelli emphasised that \u201cthe Prince\u2019s Government, which manages the Monaco Humanitarian Collective programme, is involved in this ambitious project, a powerful tool for development in Mali that will mean the country no longer has to rely on foreign medical facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2008, more than 50 children suffering from cardiac conditions which cannot be treated in Mali have received surgery in Monaco through the Monaco Humanitarian Collective.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by SHARE, the Prince\u2019s Government and AMADE Monaco, the construction and fitting out of this new building are being supervised by Monegasque firm ECO SYSTEM.<\/p>\n<p>It should also be noted that training for the Malian medical staff is being provided by SHARE. The first cardiologist has recently completed a two-year training programme at the Monaco Cardiothoracic Centre and a second began training in November 2016.<\/p>\n<p>To see the report produced by the Office of Radio and Television of Mali, see (at 22.28 min):<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link_interne\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XWsJkpu1kaw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XWsJkpu1kaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*SHARE: Sustain Health Development in Africa through Responsible Education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 7 April, Gilles Tonelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mch.mc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}