This young girl is Immaculate Katono. An Insect entered her ear while playing with her friends. Her mother rushed her at our clinic to evacuate the insect. Immaculate and her mother waited under one of the trees at the clinic compound and before she could be examined, the insect got out of her ear.
Our physician said that because wind was blowing from the tree, it exerted pressure that helped the insect to come out. The mother was amazed that her daughter was saved by a mere tree.
Last Sunday, Daniel O’Brien noted how trees are important in a hospital setting. That they don’t only give beauty but they provide healing in so many ways. He said that in his country doctors are realizing that the environment in which patients recover is just as important as medicine.
Daniel O’Brien together with Pastor Greg Gibson paid a visit to Bukomolo Clinic where they planted memorial trees. Their Church, Central United Methodist Church, Fayetteville, AR, in the USA funded construction of the clinic.
The two are in the country with other members of their church’s mission team carrying out medical clinics, visit to churches and other mission activities in Jinja and Gulu. This is the twelve’s year to return to Uganda.
GWI Chief, Grace Nakajje says, Daniel’s insight is timely to help the clinic make the best design of the outdoor space to suit patients’ needs as well as serenity. The clinic is expanding to build patients’ wards, laboratory, dental unit, and maternity including a canteen and kitchen.
Nakajje commended the two guests for putting their faith into practice to come to Bukomolo and for the continuous support that Central UMC extends to Grace Works Initiative in benefiting needy communities in Uganda.