As GoCongo Enterprises has continued its exponential growth, the company has willingly assumed responsibility for vital healthcare centres situated across its farms and ranches.
Many healthcare centres are on the same sites as the community schools, and cater to the healthcare needs of school children, as well as those of the local communities. The healthcare centres offer primary healthcare, including first aid, treatment for curable infections and diseases, triaging and referral to major hospitals as needed, vaccinations, and even obstetrics and safe childbirth.
GoCongo Foundation is currently working to review and improve the quality of these healthcare centres, so that they can support the healthcare of communities in accordance with best practices around healthcare delivery and safety.
GoCongo has ensured the availability of healthcare services for local communities on ranch sections near Biano, about 70km north of the city of Fungurume. GoCongo has assumed responsibility for healthcare centres fully equipped with facilities for obstetrics, vaccinations, and triaging patients for attention at the hospital in the nearby village of Kansenia; as well as attached pharmacies for distribution of essential medicines and first aid and referrals to neighbouring healthcare centres closer to the locations of ranch workers’ homes.
GoCongo has assumed responsibility for a sizeable number of healthcare facilities on ranch sections north of Kamina. At each ranch section there is a pharmacy, at which patients can secure medicines and first aid. At several key locations, there are also medium-sized healthcare centres with facilities for obstetrics, vaccinations, and other essential care.
At Kiabukwa, there is a major healthcare centre, almost like a small hospital, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to treat a range of medical conditions, and surgical facilities with surgeons trained in Lubumbashi city. Transport is available to bring patients from all the other healthcare centres to this one whenever needed.
