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Sauntering through Kampala
... are given directly to the family/friends. You assume the patient gets the med, and takes it correctly.
- Staff pharmacists essentially deal with procurement and inventory management of drugs, as well as more managerial responsibilities.
- Pharmacists rarely participate in rounds or know what is going on with the patient, including diagnoses.
- Technicians do most of the dispensing and counselling in out-patient settings.
- About 50% of drugs ...
The effect of others experiences...
... on the unit and only 2 nurses. Mom's allowed in every 2 hours to feed and if Mom is unable to feed many times the baby goes without. Several babies on just tables with no supervision. No one or no time to change diapers so babies laying in their own urine and feces. Minimal IV's running (no time to start them). No babies ventilated. At least 4-5 babies die per day on this unit and unfortunately one in the am while they were there. Both the ...
Ugandan Adventures
... and do nothing after such an adventurous day.
The following day was another adventure in extreme sports for me. We took boda bodas (motorcycles) to another part of the village and we met up with the bungee master who took both Becca and I bungee jumping!! We met him at the bar and then followed him out to a tower. We climbed the 6 flights of stairs and prepared for an adrenaline rush! Becca decided to go first. While she was getting strapped in before her jump, the ...
I am in LOVE with a broken heart
... are over 140 patients to 7 or 8 nurses. Family members have to do a lot of the care. Some family members were even doubling as IV poles as they hung their own infusions. This would be unheard of where I work due to safety concerns about infusing fluid or drugs too quickly. The labour and delivery ward was the place that really took my breath away. There was 28 women in one room, all in active labour. Some were in beds and others were on the floor ...
Their reality vs ours?!?!
... educating our communities once we get home!
After our time at the clinic we headed to take part in home registrations. Every home must be registered and receive a voucher in order to claim their net of distribution day. Each home receives one net. I don’t know about the other but I was a bit anxious about the conditions we were going to be seeing. As always we piled out of our van, our own Canadian clown car, and were greeted with MZUNGU MZUNGU!! Which of course ...
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