Senior Reporter
The Kabale Municipality MP Hon. Dr. Nicholas Kamara on Thursday donated an Ultrasound Scan to Rugarama Hospital making it the third scan donation to health facilities in his Constituency.
While speaking at Rugarama Hospital on Thursday, Dr. Kamara said that he is donating ultrasound scans in an attempt to reduce cases of maternal deaths. He added that the modern ultrasound scan will help to determine any challenge for expectant mothers during pregnancy.
The Kigezi Diocesan Secretary Rev Can. Milton Nkurunungi thanked Dr. Kamara for the kind gesture and notified him that the Diocese has heard of other Ultrasound scan donations the MP made to Kamukira H.C IV and Kirigime H.C III also in Kabale Municipality.
Rev. Nkurunungi asked the sick people, especially Christians to always seek medical attention from Health facilities and avoid being misled by religious leaders who claim that only prayers can heal them.
The Rugarama Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr. Esther Rutaremwa, said that before Dr. Kamara’s donation, the facility had only one stationary Ultrasound scan, but the new machine will increase the number of patients handled in a short period, boost efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
The Ministry of Health recommends at least two ultrasound Scans for each mother during pregnancy, but expectant mothers from Kabale Municipality were paying UgX 20,000 to get services from private clinics, according to Dr. Kamara.
The FDC Leaning Legislator says the Ultrasound Scans he is donating are valued at Ugx 20 million, and up to Ugx 4-5m is spent on training midwives to operate the equipment, bringing the total expenditure to about Ugx 20 million.
