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Medical Mission Brings Training, Treatment... (cont'd from home page)

The team taught the HICH nursing and medical staff how to operate the NICU area, run the equipment, provide respiratory care for children, neonatal and child CPR, intraosseous insertion, emergency triage and management, and pediatric assessment.

In the community, they taught and conducted developmental assessments of children from birth to age 8, assessed the nutrition of children in Mbarara and two outlying villages, conducted nutrition focus groups with parents and children, performed physicals at St. Aloysius Elementary School and developed a nutrition education class for the staff and students at St. Francis Academy.

The staff at HICH and mission members Drs. Mary, Priscilla, Chuck, and Frank saved many children who would not have survived if our hospital was not there. Dr. Mary found a severely disabled young boy in a home in Mbarara and was able to get him and his mother help through the OURS program and St. Francis Social Workers.  Dr. Frank spent 3 nights working the night shift with one of the clinical officers to  help with all the difficult cases that were admitted to the hospital.  Dr. Priscilla and her nurses were magnificent in the work they did with the critically ill newborns.  And the USD students were phenomenal in the hospital support work they did and all the community work they completed.

Dr. Mary (Children's Hospital Oakland) shows Holy Innocents' RN and Dr. Andrew emergency medicine software as Dr. Frank (U of WA Medical Center) looks on

Universities and Institutions represented on this medical mission to HICH in Mbarara included University of California San Francisco; University of Washington, Seattle; San Diego University; Columbia University; Lusaka University and Children's Hospital and Research Institute Oakland.

In addition to the activities described previously, our July 2010 medical mission to HICH accomplished the following:

·         Established a working relationship between the medical school at Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Children’s Hospital Oakland

·         Initiated a partnership with St. Francis Academy to prepare Community Health Educators and initiate this program by January 2011

·         Began a collaboration with the OURS Rehabilitation facility to care for the neurologically and developmentally disabled children at HICH and in the community

·         Built high-flow oxygen delivery systems

·         Conducted joint classroom work on African cultural and religious practices and their effects on mental and physical health and treatment

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Elementary School Kids Open Hearts & Piggybanks

Jan. 2010 - Turtleback Elementary student Aaron met Fr. Bonaventure last summer and learned that the children of Mbarara needed a hospital.  His 8th birthday was coming so he decided to ask his birthday guests to bring school supplies for the children of Mbarara instead of presents. Later, Aaron saw a video describing the serious diseases Mbarara children suffer from.  He was very sad and wanted to do more to help, but didn't know what a small boy could do for so many in need.
Aaron speaks to classmates about the children of Mbarara

Then Aaron had a dream in which God told him how he could make a difference.  Aaron and two friends went to Turtleback Principal Celeste Campbell and asked if they could tell the story of the hospital to the entire school.  She agreed and arranged for the boys to speak at a “Friday Flag” assembly. That week, teachers also incorporated facts about Uganda into their class lessons.

During the assembly, Aaron played Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” and showed students a video of Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital. He spoke about the diseases children face, and quoted Michael Jackson: “If you wanna make the world a better place, then start with yourself and make a change.”  Aaron then asked his classmates to participate in a “Change for Children” campaign.

The response was amazing!  Kids brought change from their piggy banks.  One little girl brought some coins one day, then came with more the next day, telling her teacher, “I was going to keep these 50-cent pieces, but I can always save more, and those children really don’t have anything….”

The students of Turtleback Elementary have raised nearly $1,000 for Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital.  They have learned about Uganda and have shown an extraordinary ability to turn their compassion into action for the children of Mbarara.  Our heartfelt thanks to them all!

Children Receive Critical Treatment; Lives Are Being Saved

Feb. 2010 - Holy Innocents has now treated nearly 8,000 children, including 1,400 admitted as in-patients.  Some cases are routine; in others, Holy Innocents has made the difference between life and death.  The little girl pictured to the right had cerebral malaria with acute renal failure.  She was in a coma for four days, with seizures.  HI worked with her during those acute days to provide appropriate medications, nursing vigilance and health care.  By day 5 she began to come out of her coma, and after two weeks she was walking around and getting ready for discharge.  Your support has made miracles like this possible.... 

 

 

 

 

  

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