Smo skupina štirih absolventk medicine, ki se januarja 2018 kot mlade zdravnice za tri mesece odpravljamo na humanitarno-medicinsko odpravo v Ugando. KDO in KAM?
V Ugando se odpravljamo Urša Čopi, Urša Trampuž, Maja Pavlica in Maja Batinič pod okriljem Sekcije za tropsko in potovalno medicino (STPM), ki humanitarno-medicinske odprave v Ugando vodi od leta 2005. V tem času je STPM v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za zdravje v Ugandi, Ediriso UK in Cerkvijo v Ugandi zgradila kliniko na otoku Bwama, ki je s svojo centralno lego na jezeru Bunyonyi za bolnike dostopen z vseh strani. Urejen je tudi porodnišnični del - tako imajo ženske, ki so do sedaj nemalokrat rodile svoje otroke doma ali na polju, možnost varnega porajanja. Naša osnovna naloga je delo na kliniki, ki se dopolnjuje z obiski odročnih vasi – t.i. »outreachi«.

ZAKAJ GREMO?
Z našim delom želimo zdravstveno oskrbo kot osnovno človekovo pravico zagotoviti čimveč ljudem. Tiste, ki prebivajo na odročnih krajih, bi radi izobrazili glede higiene, zaščite pred nalezljivimi boleznimi, uravnotežene prehrane in ravnanja s pitno vodo. Ambulante si želimo opremiti s sanitetnim materialom in medicinskimi pripomočki ter izboljšati pogoje za delo v kliniki. Osebje bi radi naučili samostojnega zdravljenja najpogostejših bolezni, da bo naše znanje ostalo za nami ... V primeru hujših bolezenskih stanj bomo poskrbeli za prevoz bolnikov v najbližjo bolnišnico, ki je v mestu Kabale.

Ker smo na začetku zdravniške poti, bi radi od odprave odnesli čimveč znanja in izkušenj. Na svet bomo pogledali z druge perspektive, živeli v drugačnih razmerah, delovali bomo v zdravstvenem sistemu, ki se od našega močno razlikuje. Vsi smo že veliko potovali in uživamo v spoznavanju novih kultur. Že vnaprej se vam zahvaljujemo za vso podporo in prispevke, ki nam jih boste namenili!

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WHO and WHERE?

We are 4 medical students, soon to be young doctors: Urša Čopi, Urša Trampuž, Maja Pavlica and Maja Batinič and we are going to Uganda under the mentorship of the Department of Tropical and Travel Medicine of the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Medicine, which has been organising expeditions to Uganda since 2005. During this time, the Department has, in partnership with Ugandan Ministry of Health, Edirisa UK and Catholic Church of Uganda built a clinic on the island of Bwama in the middle of the Lake Bunyonyi that is accessible from any direction of the island. On the island is also a maternity ward which provides women in Uganda, who often have to deliver their children at home, with an option of a safe birth.
Our main task is operating the clinic, but we are also going to visit remote villages in so-called outreach trips.

WHY?

We wish to provide medical assistance to as many people as possible, as it is one of the basic human rights. We wish to educate the inhabitants of remote places of the importance of hygiene, preventative care, importance of a healthy diet and safe drinking water. We want to provide the clinic with sanitary material, medicine and other materials necessary to improve work conditions. We wish to teach the clinic staff effective ways of treating common infectious diseases and to leave a lasting mark in health care in the region. In case of more dangerous diseases, we will provide transport for the patients to the nearest hospital, which is in the city Kampale.