The Katikiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has urged ugandans especially those in Buganda to always prioritise health by seeking specialised care whenever necessary, more so for the women and babies who are vulnerable to diseases.
He made the remarks during a courtesy visit to Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital [MSWNH] accompanied by his health minister, Cotilda Nakatte Kikomeko.
He congratulated the executive director of the facility, Dr. Evelyn Nabunya, with the team for hosting him.
Katikiro was amazed by the advanced machines in the facility and he pledged that Buganda kingdom shall strengthen collaborations.
“We urge our people to always prioritise health by seeking specialised care. It may seem expensive but worth.” He noted.
He pointed out that when mothers and children are taken good care of, there’s harmony in the family because health is wealth; therefore, the need for all households to cherish it without compromise.
He noted how the Kingdom has a lot to learn from the facility especially when it comes to health issues of both women and children, and pledged to send in their health ministry officials to share experience over how they handle cases, given that the Kingdom was also building her own hospitals within the region.
He thanked the government through the ministry of health for setting up such a magnificent state-of-the-art medical facility specifically for women and children, stressing the need for the same government to build and equip more such facilities among the regions to ease the burden for those who can’t make it to Mualgo.
Dr. Nabunya said the facility is not as expensive as people may think, but given the specialist healthcare services offered, there was outright value for money, and he used the opportunity to urge the potential patients to visit them for the best quality services.
Dr. Nabunya furtherld told her visitors that the 450-bed facility offers specialised reproductive and neonatal health care services alongside a 41-bed capacity intensive care unit [ICU] equipped with two levels of care.
She pointed out that they also have a 60-bed Neonatal Unit with 20 Kangaroo Mothers Care [KMC] beds, as well as 40 Neonatal Intensive Care [NICU] beds with three levels of care, which all are designed to offer highly specialised services to the patients, including a presidential patient suite.
“We also have a fully equipped intro-Vitro Fertilisation [IVF] service where male sperm can be stored for a longer duration, which allows the absent husband to continue producing babies with his wife back at home using this technology.”
Nabunya also noted that they have quality modern medical equipment that includes, among others, critical care equipment in theatres, the adult and also neonatal intensive care units, delivery suites, diagnostic equipment including laboratory and radiology equipment, ultrasound scans, X-ray mammograms, and medical gases plants, among others.
