The Government Chief Whip also the Ajuri Member of Parliament, Hon. Denis Hamson Obua has donated a fully equipped ambulance worth UGX 185M to Ajuri County.
The donation is aimed at providing all necessary and modern health services to the community of Ajuri and Alebtong as a whole where locals would spend at least 300,000/= to hire a private Ambulance when faced with a referral challenge.
The District had only one Ambulance which was donated by President Museveni in 2014 and has been serving the entire district since then.
This has made handling of referral cases and management of emergency health complications was a huge challenge for Alebtong district due to lack of Ambulances.
Most clients referred from lower health facilities would either part with not less than 300,000/= private Ambulance or remain stranded without care thus leading to loss of lives.
Sarah Apili, a mother of three and resident of Amugu Town Council is one of the lucky mothers who survived child birth by a whisker after developing complications during labor and was referred from Amugu HCIII to to Lira Regional Referral Hospital 2019.
She was transported in a small van acting as an Ambulance which was by then donated by a politician.
However, the challenge has now been addressed by the donation where Hon. Denis Hamson Obua, the Government chief whip who is also the Ajuri County MP.
He continously urged the communities to fueled the Ambulance where it coasts almost UGX 30.000 for transportation within Ajuri County and UGX 60,000 from Alebtong to Lira.
The fully equipped Ambulance gives medical personnel opportunity to offer first aid and emergency care to clients on transit to an established health facility.
The District Chairperson, David Kennedy Odongo say this will address the referral challenge saying the district have lost lives due to delays in transportation of especially pregnant mothers and medical emergencies.
Similarly, Isaac Apenyo, the Omoro Sub-County LCIII Chairperson applauded the MP for the donation and urged women to embrace the idea of antenatal care and avoid TBA deliveries.
