Dear brothers and sisters, While we all lament the horrible situation in the WN region, we the educated elite have neglected or refused to do anything in improving the pathetic situation. We know that services are deterioration, yet we do not want to come up with constructive solutions.
We all know the various problems or services that are bad, but we still expect mysterious bodies to come and address basic problems we can perhaps fix. Unless we unite and appreciate the benefits of team work , and look at ourselves as a source of these problems, we are far from finding solutions. Every problem has a cause of causes, common logic states that for every problem, there is a solution or two or three. If you bring ten people to talk about one problem, the number of solution multiplies by factor x. Therefore, the number of solutions to just one problem increases exponentially. Having said that, the most creative way of problem solving is by forming FORUMS or COMMITTEES,Task Forces, Commissions, etc to address specific problems. If we do not build effective teams, committees, forums, task forces, whatever we want to call it, how do we solve some of these problems? Communication on this email distribution is of very little or no value until we hit the ground and start talking to people face to face on finding solutions. Ladies and gentlemen, talking without tangible actions will not save us at all. JJ On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: arua hospital is in coma (Raphael Wokorach) > 2. Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4 (akua tree) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:31:29 +0000 > From: Raphael Wokorach <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] arua hospital is in coma > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Dear friends on the WNnet, I am a rare contributor but trust, I'm a > regular reader. Today i want to share with you my sense of degeneration of > conditions of infrastructure in WN - following what we read about Arua > hospital. This is one among many lamentable situations. > It saddens to follow some of the stories we find about WN, the Best Nile > as it is/was called sometimes. In front of these alarming situations, of > failing infrastructures... which are very lamentable, there should be > questions that we need to raise in order to uplift our spirit for a better > future. It looks to me our generation has degenerated so much that we do > not have much to offer for the future generation. Look at the school > situations, roads, electricity, water.... the list goes on. Anything that > is hope-filled? The environment too is rapidly degrading... this should > raise gut questions. Or, what can I say of this persisting degradation....? > My sense of it is that we have low expectation. Road, schools, hospitals, > farms, etc. have collapsed at the watch of everyone. Repair not done or > badly done - nothing seem to matter! We are indifferent to many things. > When expectations are low, it is easy to spiritualize or give way to patchy > solutions. This makes it easy also for the authority to manipulate and > cheat us.... > Second, it seems we do not have a shared language to discuss our ideals, > much less the tools to arrive at. This is reflected by the ease with which > we are distracted by the petty and trivial, or better the chronic avoidance > of tough decision and inability to build consensus to tackle big problems > as a people. Today, governments work under pressure. If you can't build to > create pressure, change becomes slow - even the urgent ones. This is > lacking on our side. We need to express clearly what we want, what our > ideals are and work towards them! > I may sound idealistic but i can't see any break through... > > > > Fr. Raphael Wokorach > Mccj Scholasticate > P.O. BOX 24155 > KAREN-nAIROBI 00502 > KENYA > > > TEL: +254 711 859 551 or > > +254 734 262 853 > > > > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:08:43 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WestNileNet] arua hospital is in coma > > Sahring this article from Daily Monitor > > > > Hospital Lacks Space > As New Ward Stays Idle > > Felix Warom Okello and Tabu Butagira > > 17 December 2011 > > > > > > > Patients in Arua Hospital's male ward are > reportedly huddling in between and under beds, choking for fresh air. > > To find a bed, patients are forced into a > tough bargain with medical personnel. But, even then, they have to share > the > bed, with one patient lying legs facing the other's head. > > These are patients suffering from different illnesses, some > communicable. The hospital officials say they would prefer to keep the > patients > on separate beds but they have no option because the plight of patients in > the > male ward is no different from that of the crowded pediatric ward, part of > which has been carved to accommodate the female ward. > > Patients > receiving medication through Intravenous Fluids (IV) sit still on the > floor, > holding their medication because they have no where to strap it. "The > situation is pathetic," Dr Bernard Odu, the hospital director, said. > > Arua > Hospital was established by the colonialists in 1939 before being expanded > to a > 372-bed capacity facility by the post-independence governments, elevating > it to > the level of a regional referral hospital. > > The > original ward facility was condemned by engineers several years ago as > inhabitable, but the new storied structure that was later built as a > replacement has created controversy instead of relief. > > Plans > to construct a shallow pool for sewage treatment did not kick off and to > date, > the hospital manages its effluents on-site using soak pits, which often > fill > up, forcing waste down River Osu, which is the main water source for Bibia > slum. > > This > notwithstanding, three residents of Anyafiyo suburb, who were unhappy the > foul > smell from the lagoon would suffocate them and also cause loss to their > business, went to court and secured an injunction to stop its construction. > > This > has in turn stalled the opening of the new Shs3 billion ward, fitted with > state-of-the-art equipment. > > It > has also emerged that the National Environment Management Authority > cleared the > lagoon project a week ago but resumption of its construction cannot be > effected > because hearing of the case, already adjourned several times, has been > pushed > to February next year. > > This > means the storied structure which was completed in June last year will > spend a > few more months unutilised, wasting away, while in-patients continue to > suffer. > > This > condition has left able patients seeking treatment at the few private > health > facilities in the town, but the poor find themselves in double jeopardy in > the > crowded wards. > > "I > cannot have my child share a bed with another person because he may > contract a > disease," Ms Grace Angutoko said. > > Multiplied infections > > > A > senior doctor, who asked not to be named because he is not authorised to > speak > on behalf of the hospital, said tuberculosis cases have increased due to > cross-infection in the packed wards. > > "There > are so many patients and you don't know whom to help first. Even passing > through them is a problem," the doctor said. > > The Ministry of Health through Parliament, allocates > finances based on bed capacity of the health facilities and its catchment > population. The country does not budget for non-citizens, who, according to > hospital officials, constitute about 20 per cent of patients from DR Congo > and > South Sudan. > > Mr > Odu asked MPs to contrive other benchmarks for resource allocation to > health > units otherwise Arua will remain disadvantaged and overwhelmed. This > compromises quality of health care delivery and safety of health workers, > experts say. > > This > newspaper has been told that the Japanese government that offered to erect > new > Out-Patients', Casualty and Maternity wards complete with lagoon system has > asked hospital administrators to quickly resolve the current impasse or > they > relocate the proposed project to another needy region > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20111220/ca673881/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:24:23 +0000 > From: akua tree <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] WestNileNet Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Re : Vatican humor .... > > Mr. George ! > > Very Funny . > > Serious and more important : Your thoughts about the USA invading ? > > I see no reactions no comments on the debate . > > > Akua S . > > > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4 > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:48:45 +0300 > > > > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Fw: Vatican Humour (George Afi Obitre-Gama) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 03:48:19 -0800 (PST) > > From: George Afi Obitre-Gama <[email protected]> > > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > > Subject: [WestNileNet] Fw: Vatican Humour > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > ALL, > > ? > > Have a good weekend everyone....i shall have mine in RSS Capital! > > > > ? > > ? > > ? > > VATICAN?HUMOR??? > > ? > > ??? > > After getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, (and > he doesn't travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on > the curb.? > > ?? > > ?'Excuse me, Your Holiness,' says the driver, 'Would you please take > your seat so we can leave?'? > > ?? > > ?'Well, to tell you the truth,' says the Pope, 'they never let me drive > at the Vatican ? when I was a cardinal, and I'd really like to drive > today..'? > > ?? > > ?'I'm sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I'd lose my > job! What if something should happen?' protests the driver, wishing he'd > never gone to work that morning..? > > ?? > > ?'Who's going to tell?' says the Pope with a smile.? > > ?? > > ?Reluctantly, the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind > the wheel. The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the > airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 205 kms.. > (Remember, the Pope is German..)? > > ?? > > ?'Please slow down, Your Holiness!' pleads the worried driver, but the > Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens.? > > ?? > > ?'Oh, dear God, I'm going to lose my license -- and my job!' moans the > driver.? > > ?? > > ?The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches, > but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on > the radio.? > > ?? > > ?'I need to talk to the Chief,' he says to the dispatcher.? > > ?? > > ?The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he's stopped a > limo going 205 kph.? > > ?? > > ?'So bust him,' says the Chief.? > > ?? > > ?'I don't think we want to do that, he's really important,' said the > cop.? > > ?? > > ?The Chief exclaimed,' All the more reason!'? > > ?? > > ?'No, I mean really important,' said the cop with a bit of persistence.? > > ?? > > ?The Chief then asked, 'Who do you have there, the mayor?'? > > ?Cop: 'Bigger.'? > > ?? > > ?Chief: ' A senator?'? > > ?Cop: 'Bigger.' ?? > > ?? > > ?Chief: 'The Prime Minister?'? > > ?Cop: 'Bigger.'? > > ?? > > ?'Well,' said the Chief, 'who is it?'? > > ?? > > ?Cop: 'I think it's God!'? > > ?? > > ?The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, 'What makes you think it's > God?'? > > ?? > > ?Cop: 'His chauffeur is the Pope!'? > > > > ?? > > Give me a sense of humor, Lord,? > > ?Give me the grace to see a joke,? > > ?To get some humour out of life,? > > ?And pass it on to other folk . > > ????????????? > > ? > > ? > > ? > > . > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20111202/59367ebc/attachment.html > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image001.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 20164 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20111202/59367ebc/attachment.jpg > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: image002.gif > > Type: image/gif > > Size: 35314 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20111202/59367ebc/attachment.gif > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WestNileNet mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > > > > End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 40, Issue 4 > > ****************************************** > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20111220/0afebdea/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > End of WestNileNet Digest, Vol 40, Issue 46 > ******************************************* >
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