Enabel/Barame project organized a five-day workshop, from 8-13 May 2022, for Hospital Biomedical Technicians and District Civil Engineers of Barame catchment area to sharpen their health facilities' infrastructure maintenance skills.

The training aimed to keep the health facilities' infrastructure operational to ensure high-quality service delivery. During the workshop that took place in Muhanga District, Enabel provided 27 Hospital Infrastructure Technicians and District Engineers with the required knowledge to set up and conduct facilities maintenance.The staff deepened their understanding of a good maintenance plan, facilities management, and medical facilities inventory.

At the end of the workshop, the participants testified on the necessity to train all maintenance stakeholders in hospitals, districts, and RBC to set up a sound healthcare technology management system in order to meet the quality improvement and accreditation requirements to deliver proper and standard health facilities' infrastructure maintenance.

As a result of the workshop, a formal maintenance plan for infrastructure in the seven Districts of Barame project's catchment area was developed. In addition, biomedical technicians will ensure effective monitoring maintenance framework contracts. Building maintenance agents in medical facilities ensure the reliability of infrastructure and installations and the safety of patients or staff.

The common point is to ensure the proper functioning of existing installations, both in prevention and correction, and contribute to quality and safety objectives. The maintenance engineer/technician ensures that operations run smoothly, issues are solved practically or escalated expediently, and saves maintenance capital wherever possible.

Compliance is key to the ongoing success of any maintenance engineer. In addition to comprehensive school education, they need regular training to stay up-to-date with the latest requirements and industry best practices.