Repair of laundry facilities in Maiwand Hospital, Kabul

Throughout January and February 2006, Ecolog AG placed three of its electricians at the disposal of the HQ British Forces Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Cell, to repair the laundry facilities of Maiwand Hospital in Kabul. The electricians worked alongside two specialists from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) to complete the task.

During two separate working periods, several dryers and washing machines were repaired and the main laundry electrical switch board was rewired.

The leader of the British CIMIC Cell in Kabul, WO2 Mark Iles, said,

"The Hospital's laundry facilities were very, very run down with a lot of the old machines not working. It seemed obvious to ask Ecolog for help as I knew the company already. They provide laundry services in Camp Souter, where our CIMIC Cell is based. Ecolog give such a quick turnaround time that they had to have their own engineers in Kabul and I was sure they could help."

WO2 Iles approached Ecolog, who agreed to take part in the project and made their staff available. The company proved to be ideally suited to complement the Army's REME team, and in addition sourced and paid for the spare parts required. The repairs were successfully completed by a good team effort. The REME specialists, together with the Ecolog-electricians, were able to restore important parts of the Maiwand laundry facilities - an essential contribution to the improvement of the hospital hygiene.

Maiwand Hospital is a very large general hospital near the centre of Kabul. People from all over Kabul, as well as from other districts, use the hospital, so it is important for both the treatment of patients and public health initiatives for the whole population of Kabul.

Ecolog has also aided other CIMIC activities in various ways, two examples being by washing blankets for the Alahuddin Orphanage in Kabul in co-operation with the German CIMIC Cell in Kabul in September 2005 and by building a septic tank for an Afghan school in March 2005, another co-operation with the British CIMIC Cell in Afghanistan.