“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” – 1 Peter 4:10

We had a busy week of more than 20 children of age 2 weeks and less than 2 months admitted with asthma and pneumonia in our clinic. Most asthmatic patients present with chest tightness, wheezing, cough, and breathlessness. There is a lot of prolonged expiration and diffuse wheezes on physical examination.

Asthma is not a common disease in this community, they have little or no knowledge at all on this disease, and therefore there is prevalence of hospitalization for best monitoring and assessing of the severity as we continue to give medications and patient education on self management which is an integral part of effective asthma care. Also ways to control environmental factors that predispose to this disease for long term control.

Drugs used and how to use where most are administered orally and by inhalation where by the clinic’s goals are met when patients are admitted so as to prevent and minimize chronic symptoms and to eliminate the need for emergency visits to our facility which offers only the best we can possible.

Pneumonia is common illness in this community and we admitted about 18 patients this week who came in with symptoms nearly all these patients were children. Symptoms resolve normally in 24 hours so a need for hospitalization in our first level facility, which needs a lot of support to make it better for sufficient patient care to prevent such complications like pneumonia condition which is life threatening.

Malaria is also common in this community. Most of the patients suffering with this sickness are children. Our medical team went to Maloney outreach on Wednesday and treated over 70 patients with malaria.

Every patient who comes to the clinic are given an opportunity to hear about Jesus and also have the time for prayer and counseling after seeing the doctors. We have seen a good number accepting Jesus. They come from villages that have never heard of God, they don’t have any churches or any spiritual leader.

But we strongly believe those who have heard the gospels go out and share with their communities and families. The Bible says “…so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it” Isaiah 55:11. Amen.