Activities...

Clinical work:
Medically Hanna has been very busy on Maternity which is overcrowded.  It is hoped to move some lower risk patients to another area to relieve the pressure which is partly due to Kisiizi having a good reputation and people choosing K rather than other hospitals. Current delivery rate about 2500 a year but a higher rate of abnormal pregnancies as a lot of mothers will still try and deliver at home.

Hanna is also teaching in the Nurse Training School.

Ian has been doing ward rounds on children's ward and seeing neonates.  A wide range of pathology as well as the common cases of pneumonia and some malaria.  One lad came in with grossly swollen eyes so he could not see plus fluid in his lungs and abdomen due to nephrotic syndrome.  Another child has a fever and arthritis due to brucellosis.  Sadly still seeing malnutrition, TB and HIV.

He has also done some medical teaching using some of the material from the Developing Health course.  There are a lot of UK medical students visiting on their electives.


Ian spoke in Staff prayers yesterday and is preaching at one of the local churches tomorrow so it is good to have these opportunities and also to be involved in some of the Management discussions re planning for the future of Kisiizi.


Ian developed a problem with vision in his right eye with a central scotoma and some blurring.  Having stopped his doxycycline malaria prophylaxis it seems to be improving for which we are very grateful.

We have had a very warm welcome from the Kisiizi community and we are now settling in to a more normal programme after what has indeed been a very stormy start to this visit.  Thanks to all of you who have sent messages of encouragement and prayers for our time here, much appreciated.

Ruth and Beth have been enjoying teaching in the primary school and have also been out on trips with some of the medical students and have come on ward rounds to see something of the clinical side of the hospital's work too.

They will travel back to UK in about 3 weeks so we will go up to Kampala to take them.  We hope to get a bit of time to go to a game park and maybe visit the Nile and perhaps do some whitewater rafting....