Mark Mwesiga's Blog

Today I sat  +National Harbor  ballroom to attend the 2016 National Hospice Foundation of Gala which was held in conjunction with the  +NationalHospice   31st Management and Leadership Conference. All at the Gala was excellent. I tried American 5 star party sea food. I experienced an atmosphere of perhaps my most dressed up event of my life. I have not seen a people so smart. I think they dress to impress and they got me. Everyone was splendid, the ladies in black party dresses (majority) the gentlemen's tuxedos and bow ties. the ladies in high healed, the gentlemen in Sharp Shinning black shoes. Oh what a show of class. The Mistress of Ceremonies Anita Brikman was excellent and the experienced Mark Murray and Linda Rock only served to make the whole MC thing memorable. But the outstanding thing for me was the send off of J.Donald Schumacher the outgoing President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation. What a splendid s...

In March 2016, I lost my grandmother at one of the private health facilities in Kampala city. My grandmother was 87 years old at the time of her death. According to the hospital report, she died due to severe anemia. Like many other traditional women, my grandmother never sought medical attention early at the feeling of an ailment.  Very often, she would inform anybody who cared that she was week but would be well soon. At some point she started giving excuses of her advanced age as the reason for her ailing nature. For a long period of time, she stayed sickly but moving on with her chores. But once in awhile, my grandmother sought medical attention. This was mostly whenever the pain in her constantly aching legs and back was severe. She would walk slowly ( okushotooka ) to local health facility. During most of such visits, the health care workers would confirm my grandmother’s belief that the aching of her legs and back were due to her old age. She would receive regular pain...