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Gulu has a famous hospital called St. Mary's Hospital Lacor (pronounced as Lachor). The mural in the driveway shows 3 doctors and the inscription was so touching. Doctors Lucille Teasdale-Corti
(a Canadian) and her husband Piero Corti (an Italian) were the first surgeons at the hospital in 1961. Dr. Lucille later died in 1996 of the AIDS she had contracted from a patient while performing surgery. Dr. Piero stayed on until he died in 2003, I think. Dr. Matthew Lukwiya, a Ugandan, was instrumental in containing the year 2000 outbreak of Ebola, and later dying from the disease itself.
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Kitchen area for patients and watchers
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Dr. Lucille's memory is immortalized by naming after her one of the better and named streets in Gulu. Such stories made up the heroes of my childhood. Back then, I wanted to become a doctor until I learned that it took
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Laundry area
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a lot of money and many years before becoming one. The hospital was founded by Comboni missionaries and is now run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu. It is a bit out of town but it is the hospital where the masses go.
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Overflowing with patients
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(a Canadian) and her husband Piero Corti (an Italian) were the first surgeons at the hospital in 1961. Dr. Lucille later died in 1996 of the AIDS she had contracted from a patient while performing surgery. Dr. Piero stayed on until he died in 2003, I think. Dr. Matthew Lukwiya, a Ugandan, was instrumental in containing the year 2000 outbreak of Ebola, and later dying from the disease itself.
a lot of money and many years before becoming one. The hospital was founded by Comboni missionaries and is now run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu. It is a bit out of town but it is the hospital where the masses go. 
no fee healthcare can have such a big impact on community growth and even women empowerment. imagine women not having to wait for dole out from the husbands to get treated for UTI or their child for typhoid fever.
ReplyDeletelove your blogs mana 'Velyn. saw the link in Mia's fb. you inspire me. i wish my kids are older so I can help too. I'm sure my training in pediatrics and now in community pharmacy can come in handy.