Thanks again Christine and congratulations on the successful café in Arua.
Happy Easter holidays! Charles On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Christine Munduru <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Charles and others, > Thanks so much for the comments. I encourage all of you to support where > ever you can. Am attaching it for you. > We have seen news headlines of doctors being suspended by medical council > for patient negligence and gross unethical misconduct. medical council is > one avenue that can be used to deal with some of these doctors, nurses and > midwives council can also be used for the same. We should start using these > avenues to deal with causes which are related to negligence and miscoduct. > This will start waking them up, family members should be encouraged to take > note of events that take place in the hospital so that incase of negligence, > there can be evidence. many times men are chased away when their wives are > in labor, but I would like to enourage them to insist because it is their > right to follow up their patient and that is the time alot of thinks can go > wrong. We now have a patient' rights charter that defines rights and > responsbilities of a patient and those of the healthworker and it is a > government document. > > The topic that was suggested by women for cafe about maternal deaths is in > recognition of what is happeneing in our regional hospital, we need to do > something about it. > > I so much understand the circumstances under which our health care workers > are operating and government is doing nothing about it. such issues need to > be highlighted to the government. A midiwife cannot deliver a woman without > gloves becasue she needs to protect herself from infections but such minor > things have caused death of poor women who cannot afford gloves. while such > issues can be understood, some health workers are also taking it for > granted. > > Christine > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Charles Male <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Christine, >> >> I join others in thanking you for fighting on behalf of our mothers, >> sisters, nieces, aunts, great aunts who suffer each and everytime they have >> to bring life into this world. You are not just fighting for the women alone >> but for the young children and us men - the fathers, husbands, brothers, >> uncles, nephews who undergo enormous periods of stress and depression when >> their loved ones have to go through the agony of labour knowing very well >> that their chances of survival are at best 50 percent. >> >> I am almost certain that nearly all of us have witnessed cases where an >> expectant mother dies while in labour and the horrific aftermath that comes >> with it: body is not burried if dowry has not been paid; fingers being >> pointed and innocent people being accused of bewitching/poisoning the >> expectant mother when clearly it is a failure of our health care system >> in taking care of these expectant mothers. >> Your initiative deserves utmost support from everyone! >> >> As I write, roumors has it that the healthcare workers in Koboko Health >> centre were on strike and obviously this has put stress on many people in >> the district as well as surrounding areas of Maracha, Aringa, South Sudan >> and DR Congo. Not to mention the stress and agony of those of us in far away >> places either in Uganda, Sudan or overseas with aging parents who have to >> rely on the health centre for basic services such as monitoring their >> diabetics. >> >> Unfortunately my WNNET mail has been going to SPAM so I did not receive >> the Press release attachment. >> >> Please send it once again. >> >> Charles >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Ayikoru <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:35 AM >> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] maternal mortality case >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear Christine, >> >> Thanks very much indeed for giving priority to this fundamental issue >> faced by current and prospective mothers in Uganda. Whether or not there >> were MDGs to be achieved, the state of our healthcare in general and >> maternal healthcare in particular, is completely unacceptable! >> >> Let's hope the human rights perspective taken by your team will go along >> way into delivering an historic constitutional pronouncement on the right to >> maternal healthcare and the role of stakeholders in ensuring this right is >> respected. But then, how far can a legal pronouncement go in addressing the >> current situation when the need to survive far exceeds the altruism that >> ought to underpin professional healthcare provision? The Courts of Law may >> order compensation to victims or even fair remuneration packages for >> healthcare professionals (I doubt the latter). But they cannot order service >> providers to be empathetic with their patients or clients or customers. >> Empathy, sense of guilt/shame or altruism are things that we have >> increasingly expunged from our inner selves, hence some of our common >> failings (healthcare, education, lack of accountability in the public sphere >> etc). >> >> Nevertheless, I remain hopeful that initiatives such as the current >> petition to the Constitutional Court and our collective actions may in the >> long run improve the situation. >> >> Thanks very much indeed to you and the team of Lawyers for taking this up, >> let us know if we could add our voices or contribute in any constructive >> way. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Maureen >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 8 Apr 2011, at 11:26, Christine Munduru <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Dear members please read through the CSO press release attached about >> the on going case of the death of our sisters from Arua and Mityana >> Hospitals. I had earlier on informed you that these cases will be taken to >> court and the process has started. The Dean faculty of law makerere >> University and Professor Joe Oloka have joined the case in addition to the >> other lawyers. CSOs are mobilizing support for the case and it will be good >> for us to join at our own various levels because this is intended to adress >> the policy issues surrounding the deaths of women during delivery. From our >> research in preparation for these cases, Arua regional hospital is leading >> in maternal deaths in the country and Uganda is one of the leading >> countries in maternal deaths in Africa and is very far from acheiving MDG 5. >> This is one of the reasons I strongly feel that these cases should be tried >> in court to showcase government what is happening. I would particularly urge >> the women who are so vulner >> able during birth to join this cause, tomorrow may be you or me, sister, >> mother or daughter if we dont stand up to adress from the root course. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Christine >> > <Press Release on Maternal Health Petition - FINAL.doc> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WestNileNet mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet >> > >> > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> > >> > All Archives can be found at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > >> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). 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