Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, Physiotherapy on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Hope Physiotherapy Service (charity funded for those that cannot afford to pay) has been operational for 10 months. You can read a recent progress report here.
Here’s an update on one of the patients being treated:
Benon is a 19 year old boy from Nsambya. He was admitted to Hope Ward in April 2009 with [...]
Posted in Hope Ward, Physiotherapy, tagged Ruth Gracey on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ruth Gracey, one of the Suubi Trust Trustees, writes:
“On a recent visit to IHK I met physiotherapists Alex, Irene and Charlotte (Charlie), and saw the Hope Physiotherapy Outpatient Clinic in action. The clinic, funded by Suubi Trust, offers physiotherapy to patients who would otherwise be unable to afford it. Each patient is initially offered 8 [...]
Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, Physiotherapy on December 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Baby Enock was found abandoned and delivered to the Police Station in late September. The police then took him to a local orphanage who brought him to Hope Ward at IHK with severe malnutrition and undiagnosed cerebral palsy.
The medical staff estimate he is around one year old. He has failed to develop functionally and [...]
Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, Physiotherapy on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christine is a 15 year old girl who suffered extensive burns to her arms, face and torso when the paraffin she was using to light the stove spilt on her clothes and caught alight. She has undergone multiple surgeries including skin grafts and contracture release. We met Christine when she was admitted to Hope Ward [...]
Posted in Fund Raising, Hope Ward, Physiotherapy, tagged Sine Murphy on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On Saturday 13th September Sine took part in the Half Ireman to raise funds for the charity Physiotherapy clinic at Hope Ward.
At the last count Sine has raised at least £300.
After hearing about what was involved we’re very surprised that she doesn’t need physio as a result. This also seems to be a very interesting [...]
Posted in Hope Ward, Physiotherapy, tagged Megan Davies on November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Megan Davies has sent the October Report for the Physiotherapy Clinic being supported by Suubi Trust. She writes:
The Hope Physiotherapy Outpatient Clinic service was developed over 2008 to provide necessary ongoing rehabilitation to those patients who were unable to fund it themselves. The clinic began admitting patients in October and, with the assistance of funding [...]
Posted in Hope Ward, Physiotherapy, tagged Fiona Grant, Jo Kotchie on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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