Luganda is the term they used for Uganda's language. Similar to the filipino language, Luganda has different word(s) for male and female. Good morning to a gentleman is "Wasuzze otya ssebo" while when you say it to a lady it becomes "klazuzze otya nnyabo". Another similarities with the filipino language, there are different ways of saying things due to the different family tribes.
Other Luganda words I learned so far, "Webale nnyo (thank you) and "Karem Yamba" (you're welcome).
Yesterday I met several staff of Living Hope Medical Clinic in Kampala, Nateete. Bonnie is the administrator, Dr. Alfred is the physician seeing and treating the patients at the clinic. Glad Gibbs is the nurse who speak good English and helped our team to organize on our first day. Estela is the pharmacist who is apparently still in school. There's also the lab technician but I didn't get her name. I'll find out today.
We also met Pastor Chris and his wife, Sylvia at the church during the morning worship. Prossy, the church staff and cook, she seems to be the most important person at the church because she's everywhere!
Today was different from the first day we were at the Light of Hope Medical Center. We had down time to play with the neighborhood kids!
Glad, the nurse student
Estela (pharmacy tech) and Harriette (lab tech)
Laura with neighborhood kids
Alba playing Duck Goose with the kids
This is the famous Chapati. Don't let Laura see it.
The road from the medical clinic
This is Grandma Veronica. If you noticed her huge hands holding on to my left knee. She didn't want me to leave her side. She is getting some IV fluids with multivitamins and we're having her rest to help lower her blood pressure. Her BP readings were 210/100, 200/98, 200/95. There's no IV push hydralazine to lower her BP just po metoprolol and that's what we gave her. Panadol is the favorite po medications in this clinic. It is equivalent to our tylenol.
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