Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate.

  • Uganda Protectorate. Medical Department.
Date:
[1954]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Uganda Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Other exhibits examined included waragi, body fluids for alcohol, clothing for arsenic and pepper, skin scrapings for mepacrine, native medicines, the identification of various drugs in improper possession and part of a motor car involved in a shooting incident (for the identification of lead). Kerosene was identified in one exhibit from a case of death by burning. Medical Twenty-six samples and specimens were received including body fluids for the detection of poison, drugs or chemicals for identification, purity or assay. Miscellaneous Samples examined for the Customs included beers, spirits, rectified spirits, eau-de-cologne, brake fluid and anisette. For the P.W.D. iron oxide, a wooden floor block, deposit from a petrol tank and from an experimental concrete water tank were among the articles examined. Coins, textiles and mortar were also received for examination. VI.—TRAINING SCHOOLS Makerere Graduates The three Uganda students who presented themselves for the final medical examination at Makerere College were successful and proceeded to Mulago Hospital to commence their two years internship. Idle establishment for Makerere trained doctors in the department was 62. In January, 1954, there were 15 vacancies which increased to 16 by the end of the year. During the year one was re-engaged and one completed his intern¬ ship; one was boarded out as medically unfit, and three were down-graded to laboratory assistants following cancellation of their licences by the Medical Board. The number of Uganda medical students graduating from Makerere College each year is insufficient to replace losses from resignation, retirement and dismissal, and no significant increase in numbers can be expected in the near future. Makerere graduates who opted for the new terms of service introduced during the year will no longer be permitted to charge fees for the treatment of African patients, thus bringing them into line with expatriate medical officers. Medical Auxiliaries The loss to the department of trained auxiliary staff by resignation, retire¬ ment, or dismissal continued to give rise to great anxiety. With the improvement of educational facilities in the Protectorate, it is proposed that candidates for training as Assistant Health Inspectors, Assistant Medical Storekeepers, Dispensers and Laboratory Assistants should be holders of the Cambridge School Certificate. Training facilities for male nursing staff were increased during the year by extending the training school at Masaka and building a new school at Jinja.