In 1989, Kinderherzen – Fördergemeinschaft Deutsche Kinderherzzentren e.V. was founded to work for a world where children with heart defects get a better chance of having the same life expectancy as their healthy friends. On 30th June they launched MOHKI (Mobile Clinic for Paediatric Cardiac Surgery), the world’s first modular and self-sufficient mobile cardiac surgery unit with intensive care and nursing station, to operate on children with congenital heart defects at the highest standard of care. Its intentions are to run the unit in crisis regions as well as developing countries with poor or insufficient medical treatment or facilities.
MOHKI carries all of the medical equipment needed for the highly complex surgery to be performed on children with heart diseases. It is a 260 sqm unit that can be set up without technicians and specialist personnel allowing it be used in different locations again and again. MOHKI operates self-sufficiently, independent of local power supply, via renewable energy sources and generators. It’s construction allows the clinic to be transported anywhere in the world with the first mission planned for spring 2024 in El Salvador.
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The international MOHKI team consists of highly qualified specialists in the fields of, paediatric cardiac medicine, medical technology, ambulance services, communication, mobile structures and logistics. All volunteer and full-time team members are motivated by their passion, because with every mission, the MOHKI team experience first-hand, what is at stake for little heart patients: their lives.
Our partner EKOM-Air has supported MOHKI through delivery 5 pieces of mobile compressors, which are used for ventilation and anesthesia machines. The clinic was transported in containers and taken to San Salvador, where it was assembled next to a hospital. Some photos depict the progress and building process.
We are proud that we could contribute to the efforts of the MOHKI team. Children who would otherwise have had no chance of survival were successfully operated there.
For more info about the MOHKI visit https://mohki.de/