By Jean Semler | President ChangeALife Uganda
tCervical Cancer Screening: Despite lacking the proper exam table, examination light and other equipment, Dr. Linda Taylor, a talented and dedicated GYN physician from the US came prepared and screened 110 MIgyera women for cervical cancer giving each woman a thorough physical. Her days were long beginning at 9:30am and ending about 8pm. After seeing 30 women a day she was tired but was also satisfied knowing that the women's many concerns were addressed. The health center does not have a much desired ultra sound machine. With that in mind, Linda brought a portable one. Her exams did not result in cervical cancer diagnosis but did reveal a few surprises - unexpected pregnancy, fibroid tumors and unfortunatley an HIV diagnosis.
Needs: In follow up discussions, the women identified their wishes for improved services at the health center. These include an ultrasound machine, another midwife, dental and services, ophthalmology and a minor surgery room for circumcisions and treating accident victims. A generous donation of instruments for dental extractions by Ricke Krantz DDS and her staff was a wonderful surprise for our dentist, Miriam Namugula. More equipment is needed to provide a full range of dental care and hygiene.
Health Physicals A team of nurses and doctors performed health physicals on 450 St. Lawrence School students including children from the nursery school. Ring worm was quite common followed by malaria, worms, respiratory conditions and a TB diagnosis. Our US school health team led by Susan Peacock came prepared with needed supplies and organized a health supply cabinet at the school.
The one issue which is now is taking a back seat is lack of clean water. We expect the incidence of water born diseases like typhoid and diarrhea to decrease now that the local community has access to clean water.
Yes our health center lacks certain equipment which would improve patient care especially in the maternity area. However, we are slowly moving forward providing care where care was previously lacking. Thank you to our donors and supporters and 2014 medical team.
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