FOREWORD
Universal challenges: silos no longer an option
I am thrilled to be taking up my position as president of the federation and very grateful to the outgoing president Steve Rees for steering our federation through some turbulent times over the last two years. We have successfully constituted
IFHE in Switzerland as a legal entity and finalised our banking challenges with the assistance of our newly appointed administrator Dan Fouchi, who is taking over this role from IHEEM. At this point, I would like to thank IHEEM for the service rendered to IFHE over many years. To the entire outgoing executive team (Steve Rees, Matthias Schwabe, Gunnar Baekken, Walt Vernon, Darryll Pitcher, Daniella Pedrini, Fabio Bitencourt, Yoshihisa Hirayama, Briseyda Resindez Marquez, and Pete Sellars) a huge thank you for the many hours spent deliberating solutions to the challenges we faced. Now that we are legally constituted, we
need to continue the work we started in Toronto when we identified the five-year strategic plan for IFHE. The working groups identified in council are working on revising our statutes and standing orders, improving our communication strategies, improving our financial position to better support our members and finding ways of collaborating with other similar bodies like the International Hospital Federation (IHF), World Health Organization (WHO), and others. Good but slow progress is being made with a target of implementing with the approval of council in Antwerp 2025. The healthcare environment over the last
10–15 years has seen many technological advances and calls for our federation to make the necessary changes to embrace these challenges and equip our members to navigate through this to provide the necessary service to our patients and healthcare workers globally. Covid 19 has forced us to look at our challenges in a
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importantly, also some of the failures which required more debate to find solutions to the challenges. The 29th Congress hosted by SAFHE (South African Federation of Healthcare Engineering) in Cape Town was a resounding success. We had 286 delegates from 33 countries. We had papers delivered by 17 countries sharing their knowledge with us. The quality of the presentations was exceptional and we now look forward to growing our base and sharing more of the same in Antwerp Belgium in May 2025 and in New Orleans USA in
October 2026. In the interim, we are striving to make
Kevin Poggenpoel
Kevin Poggenpoel is president of the IFHE. He joined the Mediclinic group in 1990 and works with the group’s Middle East business to drive its initiative to become carbon neutral by 2030. Kevin is a member of SAFHE (South African Federation of Healthcare Engineering) and has served as president and chairperson in the different regions of South Africa.
collaborative way. Engaging with all parties working in the healthcare space is critical. Silos are no longer an option when we seek solutions to our universal challenges. The threat of future pandemics requires us to prepare better, and our designers need to incorporate AI technologies when building or renovating facilities. The papers presented at our last
conferences highlighted the need for this collaboration between all parties working within healthcare. I found the papers rather enlightening. Our colleagues shared the challenges and successes, but more
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better use of webinars to share knowledge globally and also provide a better platform for our members to be able to contribute and learn from each other. I therefore encourage all of our members to involve themselves with their regional associations and share their knowledge and participate in the webinars. At our conferences, we had the Building and Carbon Awards, where colleagues participated in these initiatives reducing carbon and indirectly reducing the effects of climate change. We congratulate Netcare Alberton as the winner of the building award, with the runners up being Mediclinic Stellenbosch. The winners of the Carbon challenge
2024 are shown in the table below. In total, 237 facilities participated in this
initiative and reduced carbon into the atmosphere by 957,400 tons. In conclusion, I would like to extend my
heartfelt gratitude to the IFHE Executive Committee, Council members, and all the members of our associations for your unwavering dedication and contributions to healthcare engineering worldwide. Your commitment ensures that we continue to provide safe and secure environments for both patients and healthcare professionals. As we navigate a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, your collaborative efforts are vital to overcoming the challenges we face. Together, we are setting new standards in healthcare infrastructure and sustainability. I look forward to the future achievements we will reach as a global community.
Kevin Poggenpoel
President – International Federation of Healthcare Engineering
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