Brian was on the verge of sitting for his senior four examinations when he sustained the accident. He was rushed to a nearby clinic and was attended to immediately because he was bleeding profusely.  After being stabilized, he was transferred to Mulago Hospital for immediate surgery. Brian has two siblings, both girls. His mother, a single parent, takes care of her three children and is the sole bread winner for the family. Maria, the eldest sibling, was placed in charge of looking after Brian’s needs in the hospital while his mother remained at home taking care of the youngest child and ensuring the inflow of income to cover Brian’s medical expenses.

While Caring Hands was involved in Brian’s initial care, together with the primary medical team, he was later transferred to Kiruddu Hospital, where Brian recovered, and the family was very appreciative of the care we had extended them. 

After our initial treatment, we visited him later, but we were shocked to find him very mentally confused. We wondered at the rather sudden change in his demeanor, but after re-evaluating him, we realized he was tired of being hospitalized and wanted to go home. He had decided to go on a hunger strike and during that time he developed oral sores. We placed him on some medications and the primary medical team decided to pass nasogastric tube to enable his feeding.

After some time, Brian improved and the team removed the tube. Shortly after that, he was discharged to go home. We followed up on him 2weeks later, and he was walking and smiling broadly anticipating returning to school next year 2018.

He appreciates the care and love given to him by CHIMAMM and in his words he said, “I found a very supportive family and there’s nothing I can pay back, but my prayer is that the Almighty gives good life to all the team of CHIMAMM so that kind of love can be extended to other patients like I had.”