Annual Report 2021
For the Period
January 1 – December 31, 2021
2021 Accomplishments
During 2021,
PHC’s first full year of operation, 699 patients were seen: 385 Females, 314
Males. A total of 781 illnesses were treated. There were 628 Outpatients and 71
Inpatients. Four births took place at the clinic.
Construction
began on a new wing for PHC in November. The Atlanta Wing will have two wards,
maternity room, surgery, medical storeroom, and kitchen.
During its first
full year of operation Pius Health Clinic has succeeded beyond our expectations,
thanks to our generous donors! We have fulfilled Immy Rose’s late father’s
request that a health clinic be established on his property and have provided not-for-profit
essential health services to rural villagers in a small community in eastern
Uganda.
During the First
Quarter of operation, we hired a medical doctor, a nurse/midwife, and a
laboratory technician/nursing assistant. A night watchman, janitor, and
gardener were also employed. Free child vaccinations began from the beginning
and continue.
Also, during
Quarter 1, a refurbished desktop computer, printer, and computer desk were
purchased for PHC. Also, medical and administrative reporting procedures were
established for the clinic. In the US during February and March 2021, Pius
Health Clinic Uganda Charity, LLC was established and registered as a
non-profit organization with the State of Georgia, USA and Fayetteville City
Government.
The first child
was born at PHC in Quarter 2! Also, during the second quarter, professionally
embroidered smocks and nurse’s uniforms were made locally and provided to the
staff. Staff were also provided photo ID badges. In May 2021 Pius Health Clinic
Uganda
Charity was approved
as a 501(c)(3) IRS federal tax-exempt charity, EID# 86-2218589, with an
effective date of January 1, 2021!
During the Third
Quarter the first COVID patients were treated at PHC.
Capital
improvements during Quarter 3 included the placing of culverts connecting the
PHC campus to the road. Additional medical equipment was purchased – blood
pressure testing machines, IV drip stands, and beds. In July we held our first
Zoom meeting with PHC professional staff.
Also, during
Quarter 3, PHC began receiving and disbursing free nutritional supplements and over-the-counter
medical supplies provided by local Uganda NGO Bamaayi Community Development
Initiative (BACODI).
During Quarter
4, construction of a new PHC wing, the Atlanta Wing, began. The wing will have
two wards (male and female), a surgery, a maternity delivery room, a kitchen,
and a medical storeroom. It is hoped the new wing will be open by Easter 2022.
Jim & Immy Rose Lassiter
Pius Health Clinic Administrators
