As Justine was unwell last Sunday, I had promised to take her to the nearby surgery for examination. The community believes she is suffering complications from a hernia operation nearly 40 years ago.
Joseph on the other hand, is a 16 year old teenager who I've been told has become increasingly lethargic and listless over the past few weeks.
Luckia, Head teacher from Kyampisi Christian School, drove with us to the hospital. I was keen for her to join us as she speaks both Lugandan and English.
En route to Naggalama Hospital we dropped into St Peter's Secondary School at Kalagi to pay the outstanding school fees for John (630,000 shillings) and Angel (450,000 shillings).
On arrival at Naggalama Hospital we met in an open waiting room. Justine and Joseph were ushered forward for an initial consultation with a nurse and were required to pay a fee of 10,000 shillings (at the cashier) prior to seeing the doctor (in her consulting room). Justine, Luckia and I met with the doctor in her consulting room for well over an hour. She appeared to be very thorough in her examination. She gave me a copy of her notes and her list of suggested medication. The conversations between Justine and the doctor were conducted in Lugandan whereas the conversation between the doctor and me were conducted in English. We repeated the process for Joseph.
Following these conversations I paid for the required medication. It seems Justine will require further surgery ASAP whereas Joseph will need an assessment from a Psychiatrist as he may have Autism.
On our way back to Kyampisi we dropped into Hardware World at Kalagi to buy 4 bags of cement (27,000 shillings each) for the work being completed on the Kyampisi Church.
On arrival at Kyampisi we spent time meeting the students and teachers at the Kyampisi School. There are about 150 students working in 5 classrooms. Each of the rooms are very small. One of the rooms would be about a third of the size of a typical Australian classroom but hold close to double the students.
After returning from Kyampisi Dale and I decided to drive to Watoto Central to meet with Dorcas to discuss a possible Teacher PD at Suubi and Bbira next week.
Following this we decided to have an early dinner (late lunch) whilst in town. We bought a large Peri Peri Chicken pizza at Nandos and a cup of coffee at Mateos, both in the city centre of Kampala.
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