The Kyetume Health Centre was started
in 1992 as a small clinic. In response to the health centre’s
improvement in services and infrastructure in 2006, the
health centre henceforth is now classified as a Health Centre
III. The people who access services at this establishment
include mainly those of Kyetume and its surrounding subcounties,
some come from as far as Katosi. The health centre sees about 50 patients
each day.
GAIA Counseling & Medical Centre III
currently is composed of two buildings – an Out-Patient
Department and a General Ward.
The OPD was officially opened by Madam
Susan Browning, the first lady in the USA Embassy Kampala-Uganda
on 20 November 2006. It was donated to Kyetume CBHC Programme
by the American people under the community grants for HIV/AIDS
Funds at the USA Embassy Kampala-Uganda.
The General Ward was officially commissioned
on 4 March 2007 by Dr. Elise Kant. It was donated to Kyetume
CBHC Programme by the Global Church Ministries – Kerkinactie
in the Netherlands.
Current Developments
Completed in June 2009, Kyetume CBHC Programme
has installed a gate and a fence around the GAIA Medical and Counseling
Centre III to boost the security of its patients and medical
equipment.
Kyetume CBHC Programme currently has working
ambulance services to adequately care for its patients
in transit from their homes to the health centre.
Kyetume CBHC Programme has integrated
comprehensive dental care to the services it currently offers
with the acquisition of a dental chair.
Future Plans
Kyetume CBHC Programme also hopes to build
another wing for the health centre to allow for partitions
of its general ward to make its patients more comfortable.
In the future, Kyetume wishes to expand its services to
also include a radiology department and obstetric surgery
table. Kyetume plans to offer the services of a CT scan
and x-ray by the end of 2012.
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