I have shared on this
blog with you of our monthly free medical clinics through WBAMM that we do in
different poor and disadvantaged villages where the health services are still
very scarce. Yesterday, March 16, 2013,
we held a medical mission in ANOTHER remote village in Uganda in the district
of BUGIRI. Our God was faithful, as we
were able to treat more than 305 patients with both dental and medical
treatment and of those, 27 people gave their lives to Christ.
AS we were assessing
the patients and giving treatment, a young 10 year old boy by the name of NSEKO
MAGIDU was brought to me by his poverty stricken mother and I was so touched by
his condition. This boy came in great pain, was complaining of pain in the
pelvic region and in the lower back, and had difficulty in movement (posterior
hip dislocation). The mother gave us a
history of the boy falling down into a pit about 4 ½ months ago, during a time
of playing with other kids. Due to lack
of money to take the young boy to the hospital, the boy was just taken home.
Posterior hip dislocation occurs when the head of the
thigh bone (femur) slips out of its socket in the hip bone (pelvis). In approximately 90% of patients, the
thigh bone is pushed out of its socket in a backwards direction (posterior
dislocation).
Being a 10 year old patient with the old hip dislocation, we
suspect some more fractures at the head of femur that may be mal-united, so the urgent need is for the boy to taken to
the hospital for surgical intervention and treatment. This kind of condition usually takes 2 to 3
months in children for healing after surgery.
Estimates of the
costs are high, due to the fact that a lot of work needs to be done on this
young boy. Total cost is estimated to be around $1300. The breakdown of the costs involved is as
follows:
$250 ambulance transport
needed (The journey from the main hospital to this village is
a 6-7 hour drive, one way.)
$750 for surgery and treatment
(as both limbs are involved)
$300 rehabilitation
and crutches
As God has been using you in many ways to support and stand
with us, this is also another noble cause for us to support and affect the life
of this boy positively.
If you would like to give towards this great cause, please
feel free to contact Mary Linette, myself, or email us at fortheluvofafrica@gmail.com.
Please pray and agree
with us as we move out with a heart of compassion towards this young boy!! God bless you and thank you for standing with
us!!!
LIKE DENAVENSI, MAGIDU'S LIFE IS WORTH SAVING!!!
Yours in Christ,
Dr. Gilbert, Uganda Africa
Mary Linette
