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Misleading picture
Dr. Ole Halgrim Evjen Olsen Medical Director 1961 - 2005 The
normal interpretation of this text is that Dr. Ole Halgrim Evjen Olsen was
the Medical Director of HLH the whole period from 1961 until 2005. However
this isn't true. According
to information obtained by HDC, the following Doctors have served as
Medical Director at HLH from the foundation in 1955 until now: 1955
Dr Olaf Olsen 1982
Dr Martti Laukkanen 2005
Dr Øystein Evjen Olsen 2010
Dr Olav Espegren Why this misleading information? If anyone has other information about the Directors, we would appreciate to be notified: post@haydom-dc.com
Comments by Halvdan Jakobsen, managing director of HDC: A
pattern
The
Norwegian daily “Stavanger Aftenblad” wrote on 24th July 2010 that Dr
Olav Olsen was in charge of HLH from its start until his son Dr Ole
Halgrim Evjen Olsen took over in 1961. When he passed away in 2005, 77
years old, his son Øystein Evjen Olsen took over as director. Stavanger
Aftenblad does not mention that Dr Sven Hinderaker and Dr Langlo served as
directors during 5 years between 1956 and 1961. Between 1961 and 2005
seven other doctors than Dr Olsen served as directors. In
an invitation to a course in “U-landsmedisin” (medical science in
developing countries) at Haydom for Norwegian medical doctors, “Vest- og
Aust-Agder legeforening” (association of medical doctors) wrote on 29th
June 2010 that the hospital (HLH) “was established by Dr Evjen Olsen
senior from Mandal and has been managed by his son and now his grandson” Is
it soon time for Tanzanians to take charge?
The
message seems to be that HLH is “Dr Olsen’s hospital”. There
is a similar message in some of the e-mails sent to a network of Friends
of Haydom (FoH) in Norway, suggesting that the poor and pregnant women at
Haydom shall suffer without the presence of the Evjen Olsen family at
Haydom(paid by FoH). Friends of Haydom are convinced that Øystein
Evjen Olsen shall soon be back at Haydom, as expressed by Rev. J. Eriksen
at the big Haydom meeting at Kvarstein, Norway, on Sunday 8th August. It
is tempting to relate the above “message” to the attempt of
establishing “Haydom Diaconical Foundation” to replace ELCT Diocese of
Mbulu as owner of the Haydom Lutheran Hospital. If established with
the proposed constitution, it would give the Friends of Haydom in Norway
and the Evjen Olsen family full control of the Haydom hospital, see HDC
documentation here. The proposed constitution and transfer of
ownership has, so far, unanimously been rejected by ELCT Diocese of Mbulu.
(Published 11.08.2010)
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