Uganda

Ptičje petje, ki nevsiljivo budi iz trdnega spanca. Jutranje bobnanje, ki kliče otroke v šolo. Na tisoče zvezd in luna, ki razsvetljujejo temno noč in se zdijo tako blizu, da bi jih skoraj lahko ujel. Nasadi banan in plantaže čaja, ki s svojimi živo zelenimi odtenki pomirjajo oči. In preprosti ljudje, ki se kljub težkemu življenju še vedno znajo od srca nasmejati.

Od leta 2005 so se zvrstile številne odprave, ki so odpotovale v vasico Bufuka na JZ Ugande ob jezeru Bunyoni. V tej vasici je hiška, brez električne napeljave, vodovoda in je zidana iz zbite zemlje, ki se za tri mesece spremeni v vaški dispanzer in hkrati dom za člane odprave. Ljudje prihajajo po zdravniško pomoč k belim zdravnikom od blizu in daleč, večkrat tudi priveslajo na kanujih iz druge strani jezera. Med pogostejšimi boleznimi so respiratorni infekti, težave z dispepsijo, infekcije genito-urinarnega trakta, poškodbe, opekline, malarija, črevesne virusne, bakterijske in parazitske bolezni, kožne infekcije, podhranjenost, okužba z virusom HIV, epilepsija in druge. Še vedno ljudje ponavadi najprej obiščejo vaškega vrača in šele, ko ta ne pomaga, pridejo k zdravniku.
Navadno prvi teden bivanja v Ugandi vsaka odprava dela v bolnišnici najbližjega mesta Kabale, ki je od vasi oddaljeno 10 km. V to bolnišnico nenazadnje napotimo naše bolnike, za katere presodimo, da potrebujejo bolnišnično oskrbo ali posebne diagnostične preiskave.
Trenutno poteka projekt gradnje nove klinike na bližnjem otoku Bwama (pol ure veslanja od Bufuke), ki bo vsebovala ambulantni del, oddelek za ginekologijo in porodništvo, pediatrijo in moški oddelek. Predvidoma bo klinika začela delovati aprila 2011. Takrat se bo naše prostovoljno delo preselilo iz vaškega dispanzerja v novo kliniko, kjer bomo delali predvsem v ambulantni oskrbi, hkrati bomo organizirali še delo na terenu (˝outreach programme˝), s katerim bomo skupaj s prostovoljci iz Edirise UK (humanitarna organizacija, ki deluje na področju šolskega in poljedelskega izobraževanja ob jezeru Bunyoni) obiskovali odročne vasi in izvajali preventivne, kurativne in izobraževalne programe.
Od leta 2010 je potrebno, da je v vsaki odpravi vsaj eden zdravnik z opravljenim strokovnim izpitom, ki se mora registrirati oz. pridobiti dovoljenje za opravljanje medicinskega dela.

Vsa dodatna pojasnila vam bom z veseljem posredovala
Breda Podjaveršek
tel: 040/207-896
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INTRODUCTION OF DESTINATION UGANDA

Since 2005 there have been numerous expeditions to a small village Bufuka on the lake of Bunyoni on South-West of Uganda.  Volunteers live and work in a house, without water and power suply (although there is a solar panel for suny days). Local people come to seek medical help from villages nearby and from far away, sometimes they even paddle from the other side of the lake. Common diseases that people complain of are: infections of respiratory tract, dyspepsia, infections of genito-urinary system, injuries, burns, skin infections, malnutrition, infection with HIV virus, epilepsy, etc. It is still common that people first visit a traditional healer and then, if the problem does not improve, come to a doctor.
The nearest town Kabale is 10 kilometers away and there is a district hospital Kabale refferal, where patients from Bufuka are usually send, if they need hospital care or special diagnostic investigations. It is recommended that every group of volunteers spend first week after arriving working in that hospital to get aquainted with their way of work and tropical pathology.
At the moment we are working on a project of building a new clinic in partnership with the Ministry of Health of Uganda, Edirisa UK, and Church of Uganda. The new clinic will stand on Bwama island (half an hour paddling from Bufuka) and it will contain an Outpatient Department (OPD), Gynecology and Obstetric Department, Pediatrics and a Male Department. Our volunteers will be working mainly in OPD. Besides, we will organise an outreach programme, where we could provide medical curative and preventative care in remote areas.Our main focus is on those people who are most needed for medical attention. This programme will be done in cooperation with Edirisa UK volunteers, who will train and educate villagers about agriculture and english language.
Each expidition is obliged to have at least one graduated medical doctor with finished professional exame, who have to register at the Ugandan Medical and Dental Practitioner Council.
For further information please contact:
Breda Podjaveršek
Phone number: 00386-40207896
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