My night duty on 4/2/2024 begun on a high note when Musiimenta Prossy a 34 years old client was admitted on ward. Prossy was complaining about painful pus oozing out of her right side buttock, she explained that she was pierced by a barbed wire as she squatted for a short call near her house. …
19th Feb 2024 while on night duty, I received a 3 years old baby boy known as Peter with high temperatures, difficulty in breathing and irritating cough. His mother explained that this condition begun four days back and she took him to a nearby health facility.After 2 two days without any improvement, the medics referred …
Kabaliisa Juliet a medical worker experienced a lot of health challenges during her pregnancy. Despite all the hiccups, she continued to educate, attend, treat and deliver other mothers and provide support to their families. Kabaliisa remained committed to her until the last few minutes before delivery.The expectant mother become known through other mothers who benefited …
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I’m humbled to pen down my appreciation to KIDA for supporting me throughout my education journey. I joined KIDA OVC program in 2017 after my Senior Four.I was raised by my grandmother who practiced peasant farming and trading in weekly markets which was a source of our livelihood and my school fees. Unfortunately in 2016, …
It was around 11pm when I received a call from a nurse on night duty who expressed urgent need for laboratory investigations. Upon reaching the ward I found a 4years old boy who had been brought in by his parents. The infant was severely nose bleeding, paper white and the head was severely injured by …
It was a Saturday morning when I received an 8years old girl known as Hadijah escorted by her parents. She was unconscious with fever. The mother explained that Hadijah started feeling unwell like 3days back and while at school and because the school nurse couldn’t manage her sickness, the school administration sent her home. While …
April 7th 2023 begun like a normal day until 2.30pm when Mr. Kasaija brought his 1 month old baby boy known as James. James had staphylococci skin infection, malnourished, high temperatures, peeling skin, anemic discharging pus, oral candidiasis and couldn’t breast feed. James was diagnosed with congenital syphilis. We ran syphilis tests on the parents of …
One Monday afternoon during routine ward visits, I was welcomed by a heated squabble in paediatric ward. A disagreement had broken up between Jessica and her husband. The two were nursing their 6 weeks old baby boy called Simon. I called them a side to find out what had gone wrong. The gentleman told me …
Mwesige Donald (not real names) a 30 years old patient was received at KIDA Hospital inpatient ward at 10pm. He was admitted with sickle cells disease, charged emotions and suddenly went into vaso-occulusive crisis. He started desaturating, oxygen circulation was 86% on room air. The patient was quickly put oxygen therapy, vasodilators were given and …
“I was a chronicle malaria patient and could hardly end a month without being bed ridden due to malaria. After a number of months in and out of hospital, I consulted a Medical Doctor on what could be causing the frequent illnesses. He asked me several questions about my homestead and noted that I wasn’t …
