We’re back in Bwindi Community Hospital for the first Generic Instructor Course (GIC) to be run here, followed by 2 x Neonatal Care Courses (NCC) where we will be supervising the newly trained instructors as they facilitate their first 2 courses.
U.S missionaries Dr. Scott and his wife Carol Kellerman started the hospital in 2003 when it was a simple outreach clinic under a tree for the Batwa people, who had been evicted from Bwindi Impenetrable forest when it was turned into a mountain gorilla sanctuary. That small clinic is now a fully-fledged hospital with 155 beds, which also houses the Uganda Nursing School and Uganda College of Health Sciences Bwindi.
The close proximity of the Impenetrable Forest makes it a beautiful place to come and teach.
Tomorrow we start work properly – 2 full days of instructor training for the 12 candidates chosen this time last year during the first 2 NCCs we ran here. There is a lot of enthusiasm from all involved and we are looking forward to getting going.