01/11/2025
31st OCTOBER,2025.
A CALL FOR COMPASSION AND CARE.
The Dette Resource Foundation working in collaboration with the Ministry of health through University Teaching Hospital and Decisive Minds gathered united by a common purpose believing that quality healthcare is a fundamental human right, and in our pursuit of it, we must strive *to leave no one behind*
The spirit of shared responsibility that the Dette Resources Foundation, in close partnership with the Ministry of Health and the University Teaching Hospital, and with valuable support from Decisive Minds are working to supplement government effort.
Our mission is to fill in the critical gaps that can transform a patient's journey from recovery to relapse, from hope to despair.
There is A Hidden Crisis Within Our Walls.
Today, we would like to speak to you about a silent crisis unfolding within the very walls of our healing centers. It is a crisis that begins not with admission, but with discharge.
Imagine a patient who has bravely fought illness, undergone successful treatment, and is medically cleared to go home. Instead of celebrating a return to their families, their life, their community. However, with a growing number of vulnerable individuals, this moment of victory becomes the beginning of a new traumatic ordeal.
These are our stranded discharged patients. Due to a lack of resources, primarily transport and other logistics they find themselves unable to leave the hospital. They overstay for weeks, and in some cases, six months or more.
The unintended consequences are a chain reaction of hardship such as:
1. *For the Patients:*
The most vulnerable, include children with spine defects and oxygen-dependent individuals trapped in a clinical limbo. Their recovery is stalled, and their dignity is compromised. We also care for dialysis patients who require movement to the hospital three times a week. When transportation fails, they miss life-sustaining sessions, with dire consequences for their health.
2. *For the Hospital System:*
Due to stranded patients, they deny precious bed space to other patients in critical need. It is a heartbreaking reality that newly admitted patients are sometimes forced to wait on wheelchairs or in corridors, as hospital staff struggle to create space. This is stressful to our healthcare system at critical point.
Launching the Red Hat Campaign
The partners have been working to alleviate this predicament, but the numbers keep growing beyond our current capacity. We recognized that a more robust, sustainable intervention is needed.
Hence, this reason that we are launching our flagship initiative: **The Red Hat Campaign.**
The purpose of this campaign is raise funds exclusively for the repatriation of these vulnerable and stranded discharged patients and their caregivers.
The "Red Hat" symbolizes a beacon of hope, a signal that help is coming to finally bring them home.
The funds raised will help in providing:
- Transport for long-distance repatriations.
* Logistical support for patients with special needs, such as those on oxygen.
* Regular, reliable transportation for our dialysis patients to ensure they never miss another session.
*Call to action*
This challenge is not a Dette Resources Foundation, Decisive Minds, the Ministry or University Teaching Hospital to solve alone. It is a collective societal responsibility.
In view of the foregoing, we have embarked on a robust resource mobilization drive through the corporate world , community leaders, partners, philanthropists, and compassionate citizens to join us in this journey of hope restoration through your support.
Your support through the Red Hat Campaign is more than a donation; it is a direct investment in human dignity. It is a commitment to unclogging our healthcare system and an act of ensuring that a patient’s journey ends not in a corridor, but in the comfort of their own home.
By contributing, you are not just funding a trip; you are freeing a bed space for the next critical case.
You are not just providing a ride; you are restoring a life.
Let us stand together to ensure that a successful medical treatment is not followed by logistical failure.
Let us ensure that our most vulnerable are not left behind, stranded at the very finish line of their recovery.
Join us by wearing the Red Hat in Spirit. Lend your support to this crucial cause.
I thank you all and God bless you.
Postive Minds Changed Hearts
