David Garley arrived at Buluba Hospital on Friday 24th July. For more information, please look at the page entitled “Reports from David Garley”
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Katie Gordon has sent another report from Kilembe, where she has completed her 5th week. To read the report look at the page “Reports from Katie Gordon”.
Teresa has sent copies of x-rays developed using the automatic processor that she took out to Uganda, please look at her latest report to see the improvement that the processor has made to the quality of the films.
Our newest volunteer, Mrs Teresa Dawkes flew to Uganda on 4th July and traveled to Villa Maria Hospital where she will spend 3 weeks. On her arrival, Teresa was met by Dr Jim Mcwhirter who is also in Uganda and Dr Rogers Kabuye, who accompanied her to Villa Maria Hospital
Teresa is a radiographer in the Breast Screening Unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, she has sent an x-ray processor to the hospital which was surplus to requirements here in UK and was going to scrapped. The processor will make things much easier for the staff there.
Dr Jim McWhirter, who also flew to Uganda on 4th July will be visiting hospitals that have been computerised, to monitor the project.
A party of 4th year students from Bristol Medical School will soon be visiting Uganda as part of their course.
Please check our website for news and more photographs from Teresa and our other volunteers.
Our newest volunteer, Mrs Teresa Dawkes flew to Uganda on 4th July and will travel to Villa Maria Hospital where she will spend 3 weeks.
Teresa is a radiographer in the Breast Screening Unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, she has sent an x-ray processor to the hospital which was surplus to requirements here in UK and was going to scrapped. The processor will make things much easier for the staff there.
Dr Jim McWhirter also flew to Uganda on 4th July to visit hospitals that have been computerised, to monitor the project.
A party of 4th year students from Bristol Medical School will soon be visiting Uganda as part of their course.
Please check our website for news and photographs from Teresa and our other volunteers.
Dr Katherine Gordon has sent a report and photographs from Kilembe Mines Hospital, to view it please look at the page titled “Reports from Katie Gordon”.
Our newest volunteer, Dr Neil Robertson flew to Uganda on 20th June and he will spend the next 5 weeks at Buluba Hospital.
For more information about Neil please look at our page titled “Reports from Neil Robertson”.
Our newest volunteer, Dr Katherine Gordon flew to Uganda on 6th June and after another 7 hour journey, she arrived at Kilembe Hospital where she will spend the next 6 weeks.
For more information about Katherine please look at our page titled “Reports from Katie Gordon”.
Please look at the page “Reports from Volunteers” to see the latest report from Dr Tim Wiggin who is spending 6 months at Buluba Hospital in Uganda. Tim has also been a Rotary Doctor Bank volunteer in Malawi.
Rotary Doctor Bank Chairman Dr Arthur Knight with Jeremy Paxman
On Saturday 28th February, Jim McWhirter held a Fundraising Event to support our work in Uganda.
There was a champagne reception, followed by an excellent African meal cooked by Chef Charlotte Turner .
The guest speaker was Jeremy Paxman who spoke for well over an hour on his experiences and answered questions put by some of the guests present.
Many thanks to everyone who helped with this excellent and memorable evening which was thoroughly enjoyed by over 200 guests.
If you would like more information about the Rotary Doctor Bank of Great Britain and Ireland please e-mail Rotary.doctorbank@gmail.com
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