Renovating Kasangati Health Centre

Old delivery bed

Painting the maternity ward

The new delivery bed!

Kasangati Health Centre lies on the outskirts of Kampala and refers many women to Mulago. There are about 3,000 deliveries per year without a functional operating theatre to perform emergency obstetric surgery.  The LMP and the Ugandan Maternity and Newborn Partnership Hub decided to invest in Kasangati  primarily to improve the functionality of the operating theatre and thus reduce the number of caesareans being referred to Mulago. A team from the UK came over to refurbished the maternity unit and operating theatre. The generator was fixed and a new postnatal ward is currently under construction. The midwives and mothers were delighted and lots of local people came to offer their support and help. With the money I raised from the Kampala half marathon I bought Kasanagti a new delivery bed, so mothers no longer have to give birth on the old rusty one. We hope to start doing caesareans in the near future, I will keep you updated!

There is good news from Kawempe Health Centre in Kampala. The medical officer has returned because he heard that the operating theatre was now functional and they are currently doing both emergency and elective caesareans! A great success and a step towards our goal of reducing congestion at Mulago.

The screening team!

At the beginning of April I helped to organise a cervical cancer screening programme at Kabubbu Health Centre. We were able to screen 182 women over 4 days, all of which had had no previous screening. I would like to say a huge thank you to all of the midwives who helped in the screening, it wouldn't have been possible without their hard work.