After winning the Swiss Re grant for the Stre@mline project a few months ago, staff members from other hospitals will be trained on how to use the system at Kisiizi. Led by members of the Stre@mline team, the first workshop with Medical Superintendents and Hospital Insurance Scheme Managers from around the west of Uganda happened...
Kisiizi Hospital is like a beehive, full of projects. Over the past weeks, we mentioned the initiatives taken by the hospital to help their patients through health services (Ophthalmology & Laparoscopic surgery) and initiatives (Mother’s Waiting Home & measures to ensure patients’ safety during the rainy season). Today, we will explore the building projects at...
Kisiizi Hospital’s team is driven and resourceful, doing its best to bring the best possible health care to people living in southwest Uganda. Amongst their latest services are ophthalmology services and laparoscopic surgery, both launched this year. Ophthalmology services The comprehensive Eye Care project was launched at Kisiizi Hospital in July 2022. Two staff members were priorly...
Uganda's climate, despite being tropical, also has its rainy seasons, which are stable in some regions of the country. In others, not so much stable, unfortunately for the communities. Climate change deregulated seasons which induced shorter or longer rain seasons and more severe droughts, affecting not only the country's economy, but also harming the communities on...
It was the middle of the night when a mother to be arrived to Kisiizi’s hospital give birth to her child. She was coming from a remote village and the birthing was more complicated than expected. She died before arriving to the hospital. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 800 women die daily ‘due...