Mayimuna kenyi
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Em
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mayimuna Kenyi
To: Matek Opoko ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: MATEK, REMEMBER THE GRAMEEN BANK!
Mr. Opoko:
Don't knock the suggestion of $25 a month from every Ugandan in the diaspora
offhand. Remember Mr. Mohammed of the Grameen Bank who started it with 27
dollars to help women in Bangladesh and won a nobel peace prize. Had he said
it was the responsibility of the ineffective govt. of Bangladesh, those women
would not be where they are today. Good morning.
MK
------- Original Message Follows -------
From: Matek Opoko
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Is Mulago only for baganda? MATEK-frustrating
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:49:17 -0700 (PDT)
It is the prime responsibility of the government of the day... in this Yoweri
Museveni's Military dictatorship, to provide health care to every citizens of
Uganda...as any responsible government all throughout the world would do.
Cuba for instance under Fidel has one of the best health care systems in the
world...the Cubans did not achieve this by having cuban citizens in the
diaspora set up lemonade stands, car washing place..et.c to collect money (
well change really) and remit the some back to Havana.
Museveni is spending or has spent billions of dollars over the past 21 years
promoting militarism and Armyisim....he uses the money to buy tanks, jets,
missles guns to kill Ugandans...in th meantime Mulago is in a pathetic
state..now there are some suggesting that mbhu we should send 25 dollars to
support the helath care system in Uganda..You can count me out on that crap!!
Matek
Mayimuna Kenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OJ:
And we could include healthcare specifically in the upcoming 08 conference
Agenda that you proposed. I am sure Ugandans in the diaspora and at home, those
who are well off enough that do not have to fight for food everyday, will have
suggestions as to improve healthcare delivery at Mulago and indeed all
hospitals in Uganda. OJ, this has to be done as a matter of urgency.
Someone suggested paying $25 a month into a pot to facilitate this
conference. It maybe a difficult thing to run, but if every Ugadan in the
diaspora contributed, it would make a big difference. The Eritrians did it in
the '70s and 80s. This can also be done towards health care in Uganda, to buy
hospital equipment, hire healthcare workers, (Some of our Ugandan doctors are
working as Aids in Western countries!), expand Mulago, etc. Just a suggestion.
Let us discuss.
MK
>------- Original Message Follows -------
>From: "oryema johnson"
>To:
>Subject: RE: Is Mulago only for baganda? MATEK-frustrating
>Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:34:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>Jennifer,
>
>By suggesting that Kabaka Ronald Mutebi should get
>involved in this sad Mulago affair you are already
>transferring authority from the Central government to
>the Province of Bganda, the very thing we are
>suggesting, but you seem to be afraid of (Federalism).
>
>Museveni said not only long ago that Uganda's
>population will be 130 million by 2050. I do not know
>whether he factored in this tragic infant mortality at
>Mulago.
>
>If the Buganda Kingdom has a Ministry of Health,
>theyshould consider taking over the management of
>Mulago hospital. This hospital has suffered enough in
>the last 20 or so years. And it is not just a
>hospital, it is University teaching hospital too. You
>wonder why a medical graduate rom Mulago teaching
>hospital comes to countries such as Canada they are
>told to go back to first year of medical school!
>
>The real frustrating thing is that the population of
>Kampala grows everyday, but facilities are not planned
>to accommodate that growing population. It is stated
>in the new clip that the facility was meant to take in
>only 20 patients. That was in the 70s when the new
>mulago was completed. This is 2007. More people have
>arrived in Kampala since then...how dumb can planners
>be folks! As population grows, more facilities are
>needed....this is common sense...a family starts with
>a husband and wife. One bed room maybe enough then and
>requirements are less...when they start having
>children there is need to add on more rooms as well as
>facilities.....and needs grow too.
>
> And ladit Matek this is not politics, we are dealing
>with pure tragedy here in which all of us whether FDC,
>UPC, DP, NRM or none of the above must feel extremely
>sad and express real concern for the families going
>through this strange phenomon.
>
>
>OJ
>
>
>--- Jeniffer Biri
>wrote:
>
>>
>> That Mulago article is too frustrating. while the
>> poor mothers and their neonates are succumbing to
>> preventable maternal and infant mortaliy(quite
>> alarming),the labor ward for the rich and operating
>> theatre on 6th floor, D/E and 6Crespectively , may
>> be free or unoccupied some times. No one cares about
>> the safety of the poor there. How can we save lives
>> for the the sick poor ? Why doesn't one section of
>> the casuality operating theatre(3rd floor) be used
>> to save these mothers! Or why not portion off abit
>> of the main operating theater on the ground floor to
>> save these women and thier babies?
>>
>> Friends, this Mulago crisis affecting our babies
>> and young mothers should be brought to the attention
>> of the minister of Health for Buganda kingdom. The
>> minister of health for the NRM govenment, R.Nduhura
>> is a vet and I am sure he succeeded a lawyer ,
>> J.Muhwezi! Such is the NRM style of "Mine will have
>> their babies abroad" "I will fix my inflammed toe
>> in UK"
>> King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi should be contacted
>> urgently to save your/ our Buganda and all her
>> visitors seeking medical attention especially in
>> labor suites. Otherwise, tugwawo amangu.
>> North/central (two battle fields simultaneously).
>> Why not turn the public health building into an
>> emergency labor suite operating room , the building
>> between the main gate and Albert Cook library Or
>> Build a new labor ward with an annexed operating
>> theater immediately? The public health dept. which
>> does not handle emergencies may relocate to the
>> medical school ,dept. of anatomy in the meantime.
>> Let someone on this forum pass on my hasty but
>> life saving suggestions to those that may help
>> please.
>> JMB
>> NY
>>
>>
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED];
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is Mulago only for
>> baganda? MATEKDate: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:52:37 +0000
>>
>>
>> The problem wih you Matek is that you always write
>> things with out thinking them through a little. I'm
>> of the view that you sould have read my email a
>> little more carefully before replying. I said that
>> UPC created the demand for Museveni because they
>> presided over a governement that failed to control
>> its soldiers. Even as bad as Museveni is, his
>> solders are not killing as many Ugandans out of the
>> operational theater as Obote's did. Your right, the
>> Baganda supported Museveni during the bush war, but
>> only because they had no alternative. UPC was killed
>> them like flies, therefore the blame lies squarely
>> on them, why can't you people really see your
>> mistakes and take responsibility? With regard to
>> Mulago, I think you have completly lost it here. I'm
>> sure you read todays new vision story of mothers
>> dieing while giving birth. If you did not, then read
>> here below and tell me if the names mentioned there
>> belong to only baganda. In fact the nurse taking
>> care of these women who are not baganda judging by
>> their names, is a Muganda her self. This is
>> effecting every body. To help you out a little, I
>> have highlighted the names out for you. I don't
>> understand why you're playing this tribal card in
>> such a terible situation. JN
>>
>>
>>
>> Death in Mulago Hospital
>>
>> Friday, 27th July, 2007
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> E-mail article
>>
>>
>> Print article
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Women sit in the labour ward corridor at
>> MulagoBabies die because mothers wait too long for
>> caesarean By Harriet Onyalla DAVID died. He was just
>> a day old. This chubby baby, who weighed 5.5kg at
>> birth, bled to death because his umbilical cord had
>> been cut 'badly'. In fact, David was named after the
>> shepherd boy in the Bible long after his little
>> heart stopped beating. The Alur culture demanded
>> that either way, he be named. Every two hours, a
>> baby dies at Mulago Hospital's maternity ward as a
>> result of birth-related complications. Hospital
>> records indicate that on average, nine babies die
>> from birth-related complications every day, nine
>> little souls like David. This means, about 270
>> babies die every month. "Some days, over 15 babies
>> die," a hospital source, who spoke on condition of
>> anonymity, says. David's only day in this world went
>> terribly wrong. "We spent the whole day at the
>> hospital but nobody cared," his father, Clinton
>> Oketcha, narrates. "The baby was bleeding. The baby
>> really cried. Then a nurse helped us and put him on
>> oxygen but she said we should pray because the
>> machine was not working properly." Oketcha will
>> forever be haunted by the blank face of the doctor
>> to whom he turned in desperation. "He just looked at
>> me and walked away," he says as a slight tremor
>> creeps into his deep voice. Mulago Hospital, Ward
>> 5C, Sunday 9:00am: The air in the corridor of the
>> labour ward seems to stand still. Over 20 women in
>> labour are sitting or lying on the floor. "Musawo
>> nyamba, nfaa!" (Doctor, help I am dying), one woman
>> wails. She is kneeling on all fours. She jerks
>> forward, then crawls rapidly back. Groaning in pain,
>> she puts her elbows on the cold, stained marble
>> floor, rising swiftly. The white blouse she is
>> wearing slides over her shoulder, leaving her naked.
>> "The baby is coming," another woman, swaying in pain
>> next to her, shouts. A third expecting mother sits
>> calmly next to them, a stream of waterish blood
>> running from under her skirts towards the middle of
>> the corridor. The woman opposite her tries to move
>> away from the blood running towards her. She stands
>> up, looks around, then slowly shakes her head and
>> sits down again as her wrapper gets soaked. There is
>> no other place to sit. The corridor is packed to
>> capacity. According to Dr. Samuel Kalisoke, the
>> in-charge of Mulago's gynaecology and obstetrics
>> department, about 70 mothers are admitted and 60
>> deliver every day, yet the place was meant to cater
>> for only 20. Some give birth in the corridors. "We
>> are delivering three times the number we are
>> supposed to handle," he says. "Most of these mothers
>> are referred from other hospitals when their
>> condition is already critical. In fact, many babies
>> are born with the skin already peeling off, meaning
>> that they died 24 hours earlier." On average, one
>> third of the mothers received at Mulago need to
>> deliver by caesarean section. The operation theatre,
>> which has only one bed, handles an average of 18
>> mothers a day. The doctors work day and night but
>> hardly manage to cater for the influx. A proper
>> operation, including preparations, takes two hours.
>> Some have to wait for a day to find a slot. "Many
>> times we have 21 emergency operations," says nurse
>> Rose Violet Nakayiza. "Babies end up being born
>> stressed or dead because the mothers waited too long
>> for the caesarean operation. Imagine you have 15
>> patients waiting for an emergency operation, all of
>> them in a critical condition. Whom do you operate
>> and whom do you leave out?" Apart from lack of space
>> and equipment, the maternity wing suffers from acute
>> lack of staff. There are between eight and 12 staff
>> members for the five wards at any one time,
>> according to Dr. Kalisoke. These include nurses,
>> midwives and doctors. "In the labour suite, there
>> are only three staff to cater for over 60 mothers a
>> day, yet there should be 24," he says. Mulago is
>> Uganda's national referral hospital. It has become
>> the only place where mothers around Kampala go to
>> give birth. Most health centres around the city shun
>> women who are about to give birth because they lack
>> the operation facilities in case the delivery goes
>> wrong. Many private clinics only give antenatal care
>> and refer the mother to Mulago when the labour pain
>> starts. "Some refer the women when it is too late",
>> explains nurse Nakayiza. "They don't tell the women
>> what the problem is or even notify us of the
>> condition of the patient and the reason for
>> referral. Many times, the baby is already dead in
>> the womb. And when they come when we have a lot of
>> work, it is difficult to give them the attention
>> they need. So the lives of the mothers are also at
>> risk." Another problem, she says, is ignorance and
>> poverty. "Some mothers arrive here after labouring
>> at home for days. "Others don't have transport and
>> are brought in by neighbours when it is very late.
>> Many times we are just helpless."
>>
>>
>>
>> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:48:40 -0700From:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: Baganda Can Clip
>> Mu7's Wings? YES WE CAN KASIM.To:
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>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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