UNC Project Uganda has Landed in Kampala for their annual medical mission.

A team of 19 healthcare professionals left RDU on Saturdy April 9 and arrived in Kampala on Monday morning. We set up 3 main areas that we will focus on this 2 week mission. Peds Acute is the area similar to our Pediatric Emergency Dept. Last 12 hrs they saw 55 children and 50 were admitted to the Pediatric Wards this am. Dr Donna Sutherland is leading our efforts to serve, learn, and teach our Ugandan counterparts.  The Pediatric ICU that we established in 2005 with 6 beds is our second focus for this mission. Dr Jenny Boyd along with 6 PICU nurses from UNC are tackling that specialized area. Already this morning a small child with severe respiratory failure arrived and is being resuscitated and kept alive on BIPAP, a new non invasive form of respirtory support for the Ugandans. Finally, Dr Tim Weiner, pediatric surgeon is establishing our partnership with the Ugandans and will be operating this week. More to come. We are all doing well. One lost bag, but 1 ton of luggage, equipment, meds, and supplies has arrived. Communications are very spotty now but we are establishing those as we speak.