Prossy Agoru is 16years old from Namaiba village in Mukono district. She lost her mother when she was still young, and she was left in the care of her father.
Her story begins when she was taken by one of her relatives to work in the landing site in Mukono. She failed to find a job and ended up getting married to an old man. She conceived; a month before delivery, her health condition was not good she was taken round to various clinics and shrines. When she was due, she was taken to Jinja Referral hospital where she delivered via C/S. Unfortunately she arrived at the hospital when it was too late to save her baby. The old man she had married disappeared shortly after that abandoning her in the hospital.
After delivery, she experience numbness in her left lower limb, and her foot became black, dry with subsequent necrosis of subcutaneous tissue leading to gangrene and maggots could come out. She was taken to Jinja Hospital and was referred to Mulago hospital where the left limb was amputated.
The Nurse in IMC RVZ came across her during community visit. She now depends on a nearby church for financial support.
The kind staff and management of Royal Van Zanten flower farm raised some money to buy an prosthetic leg for Prossy. The Hope Physiotherapy Charity at IHK provided the rehabilitative physio treatment she needed to learn how to walk with her new leg. Thanks to all their kindness she will hopefully resume a normal life.
Below is a picture of Prossy with her new limb at IHK:
