Dear John, The DHO, the town clerk and the others who have a stake are on this forum, hopefully they can guide us on what is happening right now.
Christine On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:37 AM, JohnAJackson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am optimistic that anyone on this forum, especially those of you in > Arua , who have personal relationship with DMO can make an appointment to > seek the possibility/probability of organizing a public meeting where all > the stakeholders can discuss this problem by involving all the district > and regional officials. > > The worst mistake in managing projects is to ignore the influence of some > of the stakeholders. They can kill a project as we have seen in this case. > > As some of these projects are funded by Bilateral arrangement with Foreign > governments, It would be in the best interest of our people to see that the > project succeeds. > It is futile to kill or paralyze a project of this significance knowing > the limitations we have in the region. Hopefully, this issue will be > resolved in soon. > > Looking back at the old hospital which was build around 1940's, the > population at that time was small. Today our population has multiplied > likely 10 times. This puts pressure on the facility that has limited > capacity to handle the ever increasing demand > > On the other hand, it might be great idea to conduct/review current level > of services in this hospital. Do GAP ANALYSIS to see gaps in services, seek > opportunities for improvement > Finding a way to have direct conversation with some of the managers for > these institutions may be the best way to find out what these people are > going through. > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:25 PM, <[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 (Diliga Richard) >> 2. Fwd: Jobline- UNHCR (Kiggundu Mukasa) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:12:29 +0300 >> From: Diliga Richard <[email protected]> >> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] arua hospital is in coma >> Message-ID: >> < >> cae1t0wrmmydgefmsstu_vywgtz2nasetyhinkfu3z1252gz...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 >> >> Well we should not take the story of monitor newspaper wholesomely >> because these are businessmen/women who want to sale their products >> and the issue of the idle ward is a fact becoz the hospital >> constructed the best ward among all the referral hospitals in Uganda >> but the ward cannot be used without toilet facilities which are >> hampered by the standoff of building a Lagoon for the Hospital but >> the issue of land is still a problem to be solved by the >> Administration of the hospital remember NWSC in Arua does not have a >> Lagoon for disposal of waste. >> Recently i had a patient in the hospital yes there is congestion but >> there is no patient who sleeps under the beds as reported but what i >> saw was that attendants sleep next to the patients on the floor. >> Let us join hands and see that the issue of land is solved so that the >> ward is put into use and we are aware that this is the only facility >> in westnile region which the people can access specialized services >> Thank you >> Driliga Richard >> >> On 12/21/11, Achile Fendru <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Just within this month we have heard such disparaging and heart retching >> > news after news about the pathetic and sorry situation in our region, >> e.g. >> > Monitor, Friday December 9, 2011 ?A district (Arua) crippled by no >> > electricity?. Then, New Vision December, 14, 2011, ?97% of pupils in >> P.7 in >> > Nebbi and Zombo (read entire West Nile region) cannot speak a sentence >> in >> > English?. And yet another Monitor article of December 17, 2011 carries >> the >> > head line; ?Hospital Lacks Space as New Ward Stays Idle?. What can one >> say >> > when somebody reads about a doctor stitching a mother who has just given >> > birth in darkness, a patient sharing a bed with another regardless of >> the >> > various diseases that has brought them to the hospital, and that kids >> who >> > are expected to brighten their future through education can?t read even >> > though they are about to sit for national exams where they are expected >> to >> > read questions and provide answers. >> > >> > In the parts of the world were people care about human dignity and >> decency, >> > just one of these issues would have been enough to awaken a community to >> > move to action. In West Nile what do we see and here? Nothing! Not one >> > voice of outrage. You may ask outage against who? My answer? Plenty. >> There >> > is enough to share around. First, those leaders who purport to be >> running >> > the region, all those with the title district in them: District >> education >> > officer, district health officer, district administrative officer and >> who >> > ever is in charge of anything to do with the various districts should be >> > called on to account. Then there are those who show up only during >> election >> > times when they need votes. They were elected to be the eyes, ears and >> > mouth of the people. Where are they now? Except of course for their own >> > mouths! How about those so called educated group who used the district >> > money in one way or another to get education and put themselves >> somewhere, >> > but have never cared to give back. If you were educated by those garland >> > sons and daughters of the region who gave up so much and got nothing >> back >> > in return, you belong to this group. >> > >> > But seriously, what is wrong with us??? We can not sit down and form >> > regional action groups that can identify and come up with workable >> > recommendations that we can use to solve these problems? Are we so >> lacking >> > in leadership quality that not one brother or sister can step up to unit >> > the whole region to tackle these enormous elephant that is slowly >> pushing >> > our people and land into stone age? Where did we get all these >> attitudes of >> > resignation, do not care and defeatism from? Or am I just too na?ve to >> > recognize that the situation is not as dire as it sounds? >> > >> > I can equivocally without fear and any reservation, state here that our >> > region lacks effective leadership. I am talking about the caliber of >> > leaders that have bias for action and passion for results. I am talking >> > about the kind of leaders who derive their pride from the success of >> their >> > constituents and not personal gain. The kind who measure success in >> terms >> > of quality of education, health services, standard of living of all >> their >> > people rather than personal bank accounts. Till we start seeing those >> kind >> > of leaders, I am sorry to say our region will continue chasing the rest >> of >> > Uganda from behind, not leading it. >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Raphael Wokorach >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> >> 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/westnilenetWestNileNet 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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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