Uganda Nursing School, Bwindi (UNSB), a proud affiliate of Uganda Chrisan University, opened on November 27, 2013. UNSB is the only advanced‐level nursing program in the region. There are 13 students in the first class, and another 17 students are expected to join in May 2014. Students in the three-year program earn a Diploma ...
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A few days ago, Bwindi Hospital set a record for births: 12 in one day, four of which were Cesarean sections. The next day the ward was again full of laboring mothers. Last night we had a going-away party for a VSO volunteer named Danny, who had helped with public relations and fund-raising. It was a gala affair; we watched the ...
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Hope happened by ~ It has been an interesting experience here at the Bwindi to witness folks seemingly raised from the dead. Recently a young woman was brought to our facility. She was found lying by the road unconscious. The villagers had considered that she was dead and were wondering what to do with the body. Thankfully Hope,...
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Emily Tumwakire is a student from the medical school at Makerere. She has been working at the Bwindi Hospital during a break from her medical studies. Emily is from the nearby town of Kihihi and is very familiar with the customs and language of the area. Emily hails from rather humble circumstances; her mother was aged 14 when E...
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I attended the burial of a one-year-old child recently, the only child of a young Batwa couple. The child apparently arrived at our health center at Kitariro in extremis and was not able to be resuscitated. The child died from pneumonia but also bore the multiple wounds of “kushara oburo” (small cuts performed by the “omuf...
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