Bringing Lifesaving Technology to Hospitals in Ethiopia
AaBET Hospital in Ethiopia is improving its trauma care capabilities by partnering with Infinity Advanced Technology Solutions to maintain critical medical imaging equipment. The initiative addresses the common issue of advanced diagnostic machines sitting idle due to a lack of local repair expertise.
Why it matters
Reliable medical imaging is essential for emergency trauma care, and this partnership highlights the importance of maintenance infrastructure in developing healthcare systems.
By late morning, the emergency department at Addis Ababa’s AaBET Hospital was overflowing.
Trauma patients on stretchers, families crowding hallways and doctors moving quickly from bed to bed.
Many of the most serious cases—from car accidents to gunshot wounds—had one thing in common: they required urgent computed tomography (CT) scans.
“Computed Tomography imaging determines nearly every treatment decision we make,” said Dr. Tsegay Gebreanenia Hagos, the Chief Executive Officer of AaBET Hospital, as the Addis Ababa Burn, Emergency & Trauma Hospital is known.
“Without imaging, doctors are often forced to make complicated decisions without complete information— going into surgery blind.”
Dr. Tsegay, a longtime emergency room doctor, has worked at hospitals where machines lay unused for a year or two, while staff awaited spare parts or a technician who could fix them.
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