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Elective Report
Following God’s Path
Contributed by Emma Pla琀琀 who did her medical elec琀椀ve in Uganda
I
recently spent four weeks at
Kiwoko Hospital in Uganda for
my medical elec琀椀ve, and wow,
what an experience! This was
my 昀椀rst 琀椀me travelling abroad
alone, and upon arriving at the hospital late at night in the pitch black I
admit I did have one of those “what
have I done?!” moments! However, joining with other students
and sta昀昀 in such joyful worship in
chapel the next morning got me so
excited to see what God was doing
in this wonderful place.
Kiwoko Hospital has around 250
beds across its departments, and
I spent most of my 琀椀me in the
NICU, theatres and a variety of
clinics where I would take histories, examine pa琀椀ents, interpret
inves琀椀ga琀椀ons and propose management plans.
Outreach
Twice a month, the eye clinic team
run a community outreach project.
They go to a nearby village and hold
a free clinic for people to have their
vision tested and receive new prescrip琀椀on reading glasses. I joined
them on one of these trips, not
prepared for what a moving experience it was going to be! The clinics
are always hosted at a local church,
with the idea that it reinforces
the church as being central to the
community. It began with someone from the Kiwoko team giving
a short gospel talk based on the
parable of the weeds in Ma琀琀hew
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