Kayunga district is one of those that takes seriously the protection and improvement of the health of her people by preventing human disease and promoting behaviors that lead to good physical and mental health.
Although the district has one major government-aided hospital, it boasts of four sub-district health centers each with a maternity theatre and a resident doctor; eight sub-county health centres and six parish health centres with about 140 medical personal at hand to manage patients.
On a recent visit to Bbaale Health Centre 4, we marveled at the diligence and dedication of the health officials. This is a referral health centre that gets patients from Health Centre 1 and 2 and even from as far as the neighbouring Kamuli district, but its doctor Mr Asuman Kasujja, the two clinical officers, two nursing officers and five nursing assistants, two midwives, a laboratory technician and the two security guards remain undaunted even when the centre is limited by medical resources like beds, medicine and mortuary.
Luckily, there's a fully equipped laboratory which was renovated by UNICEF and the medical personnel remain optimistic that with some funding services we even become better.
Presently, the centre provides family planning services including free condom supply, immunisation programs, antenatal care, screening clients for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, pre-and post counselling, dispensing contraceptives, diagnosing of clients, dental services and generally provide routine medical care to the people.
Over 6,000 residents have tested for HIV and more have been inspired to take the step, assured of free anti-retroviral drugs plus pre and post counselling from well-trained counsellors.
There is proper pre and post counselling by specially trained counsellors. Malaria disturbs especially with HIV, chicken pox, a viral infection with big rushes and blisters, and diarrhoea, according to Byakika Paul, a medical clinical officer at Bbaale Health Centre 4.
He added that they get many people suffering from malaria and diarrhoea which are frequently treated in addition to providing precautionary services such as encouraging residents to observe good hygiene, using mosquito nets, and proper nutrition.
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