The Pakwack Mission Health Centre offers a range of in and outpatient services to over 10,000 women and children in Pakwack and the surrounding villages and settlement as far away as Wadelai and Pawor. The centre offers maternity services, including a delivery room and post natal ward, minor surgery and post-operative care, immunisation clinics and HIV/AIDS clinics. It also offers natural family planning in accord with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
However, the fascilities are poor and cramped. The clinic is unable to offer all the service it would wish and has sadly had to refuse offers of equipment simply because it has nowhere to use or store the kit and not through a lack of need.
Perhaps the following photographs cause us all to stop and think next time we are having to wait, thumbing through a pile of out-of-date magazines to see a GP or be treated at A&E ... At Pakwack the waiting room is outside in the grounds and if ou are fortunate you may be able to shelter under a mango tree.
The exterior of the clinic
The HIV/AIDS clinic
The single consulting room and minor surgery unit
The post-natal ward
The delivery room
The ward (not great on privacy leave alone space, so guessing infection controls are impossible)
Following your blog with great interest Liz. A lot tallies with our own African experiences but we've never had the honour of being given a goat ! Some useful GOAC insights already by the sounds of it. Will remember you and Nebbi in our prayers, Claudine and Nick.
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