Médecins Sans Frontières - Jacky Caselli

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF262432

Date taken / Date Recorded 01/01/2019 12:00 AM

Country Syria

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

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Additional Information / Shotlist Electricity manager

Are you MSF?

I am an electrician with MSF since 5 years.

I have mainly worked in Africa and Middle East, as well as in Haiti.

I am an Electricity Manager, which consists in reviewing and programming the renovation of the different units in the hospital.

Where are you currently working?

We are here, in Hassakeh in Syria, in the national hospital of Hassakeh, which we are renovating to a large extent.

The equipment is very old and dangerous, with unsecure electrical installations and possible water leaks on the (electric) boxes.

It is dangerous and we have to renovate everything.

The maternity ward has been completed. It works well with many births, which makes the logisticians very proud! And the doctors too of course.

What does your work consist of?

In terms of construction, we work mainly with companies that do “Turnkey» work. It consists in selecting different contractors, ordering equipment, making electrical diagrams,… everything to ensure that the hospital is properly and safely supplied with electricity.

We work with generators as the electricity of the city is not reliable: there are frequent power cuts in the day.

What is different on the field?

It’s different, without really being different.

The technique remains the same, but the stakes are different here as we work a lot in emergency. Having the goal to work with MSF and for all the medical staff is an interesting and stimulating challenge.

What do you like in your work?

The challenges are interesting and motivating, we work with teams that do different jobs. The relation with the medical team is a personal enrichment.

What is really rewarding for us, as logisticians, is when the units can open and receive their first patients.
I will remember for a long time the midwives’ reaction when the first births took place in the maternity ward.

Are you going to leave again?

I am thinking of continuing this activity as long as my moral and physical health will enable me to!

It’s an interesting job and a good way occupy my retirement!

Jacky Caselli - Electricity Manager (ENG)

Jacky Caselli - Electricity Manager (ENG)