A couple of weeks ago, a few of us went to the capital of Uganda (Kampala) to meet with Rotary Club members about an upcoming family health clinic. We went back to Kampala on Saturday to help out with that clinic. This has been advertised for several weeks over the radio and on posters around town etc.
People could come to get HIV testing, dental checkups/teeth pulled, male circumcision counseling, blood donations, etc... I mostly helped out in the dental camp took place in a church.
All together, the dentists pulled more than 80 teeth that day. There was a lot of crying in that church. Children waiting on the benches to get teeth pulled would watch as other children, crying and fighting to break free were being held down by their parents and doctors. They saw other children crying and fighting as doctors yanked at their teeth and stopping up the gap with cotton. After watching all of this, when it became time for those children to get the same shots/tooth extractions, they cried even louder and fought harder. By the end of the day, it took 4-5 adults to hold some of the children down.
Dentists giving shots
Dentist giving a shot to a crying child. People in the background watching and growing less and less excited.
This little girl was fighting, kicking and screaming bloody murder. Her father held her down as the dentist pulled her tooth free. Little boy in the corner with cotton in his mouth.
Little girl in the grass outside the church. Lucky for her, she doesn't have teeth yet.
Here's a look inside the other health clinic. I didn't get to spend much time there.
Here I am with "Sweet Collins" He's a cowboy-boot wearing, smooth singing, hip gyrating singer/performer who played to entertain people at the camp. He also played at the Rotary Club meeting a couple weeks ago and I think I'm his biggest fan. There's a chance the lucky people of Kampala might see the two of us performing together before the end of this summer. Uganda may not yet be ready for that level of awesome.
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