By Leslie D. Montgomery | Project Leader
Global Giving - Report No. 2 April 2016
Leslie D. Montgomery, Project Leader
The Mobile Health Clinic (MHC) has so far treated 574 patients. Of these
416 were children and 158 adults. The ailments recorded so far are
malaria, worm infections, cough, urinary tract infections, HIV,
toothache, wounds, eye infections, anemia, ulcers, diarrhea, pregnancy
related problems, backache and arthritis.
The clinic engages in providing basic medical health care to needy
communities in kakiri sub county. The activities that have been involved
are sensitizing and educating, guidance and counseling, general
treatment, deworming on site, blood testing for malaria treatment.
Empowering patients in areas of hygiene, family planning, dietary issue
and environmental conservation and management.
The mobile clinic has three nurses and a dispenser. On a typical clinic
day, the MHC staff linkup and head to the days station to a pre arranged
site where an eagerly waiting community is ready. The clinic begins with
a sensitization session basing on (a) the demands and needs of a
particular area and (b) the choice of the present patients needs.
Please see the attached PDF file in order to view the figures regarding our mobile clinic.
Patient story
Namanda is a 24 year old mother of 5. She was one of the
beneficiaries who attended BKB MHC early this month with her children.
Her story struck us in a touching way. Trouble started when she went for
an antenatal clinic session where the scan revealed that she was having
triplets. She already had two boys aged 7 and 4 years. When she told her
husband about it he was not impressed and on giving birth to three
children, two girls and one boy who are now aged 1 year and 2 months,
the husband fled. “/He ran away from responsibility. I can no longer
manage. The burden is too much for me…. Treating the kids and feeding
them….paying for rent is all too much for me “she/ said while wiping
away tears from her face.
BKB’S support;
The 3 young malnourished children who had flu and cough were treated for
the ailments.
The mother was advised on how to prepare a balanced diet for the
children and they were all given de-wormers.
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