Earlier this year when I was visiting the team at the hospital in Kampala I was approached by Jo Kotchie.
Jo was volunteering at IHK for 1 year, on sabbatical from her post as a Senior II physiotherapist at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock, Scotland. Since joining the team in October 2007, the main focus had been to develop the Physiotherapy in-patient service and promote sustainability of the Physiotherapy Department at IHK.
Having successfully achieved the above, Jo then set herself the challenge of setting up a charity funded clinic to provide care for patients in need of long term physio care.
Jo has now returned to the UK and the clinic has started.
Fiona Grant, a VSO volunteer Physiotherapist currently working on Hope Ward at IHK, sends this message to fellow Physios and friends:
We would welcome your support for a charity funded physiotherapy clinic at IHK, treating patients with complex, long-term rehabilitation needs, who cannot afford to finance such treatment independently. Suubi Trust has agreed to meet our costs for the first 6 months to get us started. It costs just £20 per month to provide weekly treatment for a patient and to meet their travel and equipment costs. Please consider helping…
You can read more about this on our web site at this link:
