Hospital Support

Some of the support provided by FOMH (C) is directed at general health care
delivery, purchase and installation of equipment and training for Ugandan health care providers.

HIV/AIDS Clinic

The AIDS clinic began in 1989 and the demand for its services has grown exponentially as the AIDS pandemic spread throughout sub Saharan Africa, straining the operating budget of the hospital.
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Children with AIDS

Children with AIDS are often orphaned and unable to access the care they and their caregivers so desperately need.  The children’s program at Mengo Hospital provides medical intervention, counseling and support as well as the provision of some bare essentials for these children.
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School of Nursing and Midwifery

Mengo Hospital School of Nursing and Midwifery was founded shortly after the hospital opened. The first students were all midwives with nurses following a few years later. At first there were fewer than 20 students. In 2009  250 young women and men, about a third of the total,  entered a combined course of nursing and midwifery. This better prepares them to work in the outlying hospitals and clinics. Training at the government hospitals is free but the reputation of the Mengo School leads many to make great sacrifices to get accepted there. The fees, $2500 for the 2 ½ course,  include the costs residence, food, tuition and uniforms.  This is a huge sum in Uganda so many students struggle to complete the course.
Finding a way to financially support students is a priority.  Recently  FOMH(C) received a generous cheque from the BC Nurses Union which we are using as seed money in create a bursary.  Any money donated to this cause will be invested so the income can, in time, provide an annual stipend to a worthy student.

Disabled Children

There are very few services for disabled children in Uganda, and the Occupational Therapy department at Mengo hospital offers an early stimulation program and a school to teach older children independence in daily living.
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Dental Clinic

After six years of fundraising in Canada and the USA, a new dental clinic was opened in 2005.  The subsequent addition of a panorex machine will allow Mengo Hospital to provide some of the best dental services in sub Saharan Africa.
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