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DHL delivers the world’s first mobile heart clinic to Burundi

DHL delivers the world’s first mobile heart clinic to Burundi

– DHL Global Forwarding has successfully transported the world’s first mobile heart clinic for children to Burundi. This milestone logistics initiative will help bridge a critical healthcare gap in the region. In partnership with the German NGO kinderherzen, the mobile clinic will provide life-saving cardiovascular surgeries for children with congenital heart diseases (CHD).

MOHKI, the mobile heart clinic, is designed to address this by bringing specialized treatment to underserved communities.

The facility consists of fourteen 20-foot containers equipped with operating theatres, an intensive care unit, medical supplies and equipment, solar panels and other essential infrastructure to enable continuous and reliable operations.

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