By Stanley Ebele
Patients seeking health services at Rengen Health Centre III in Kotido district are now spending less hours than before following the deployment of 49 intern nurses from Kaabong Nursing School.
Initially, the patients would spend between 4-5 hours accessing treatment due to delays caused by low staffing at the facility.
But with the addition of 49 trainee nurses to boost the 12 health workers, patients spend less time seeking medical help following assistance from student nurses.
Lucia Longom and Mary Nakwang expressed satisfaction at the prompt response to the patients as the workforce is readily available to assist.
She recalls that before the interns joined weeks ago, it was cumbersome to access treatment as the workers were few compared to the patients.
However, their help will only be short lived lasting only 3 weeks as the second year students will be making their way back to the institute.
Carolyn Akello, the in Charge Maternity acknowledged that presence of the student nurses has given relief to the staff although they still need their professional guidance to work effectively.
On average, Rengen Health Centre III with a staffing level of 12 health workers receives an attendance of 150 to 300 patients daily and delivers 55 mothers on average per month, according to Akello.
