You are welcome and Happy Easter Christine
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Charles Male <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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