19 Apr, 2026
The Holy Spirit is a person of the Holy Trinity. This means, if we believe in God and Jesus Christ, then we should believe in the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19).…
God speaks to us in so many ways. The word of God is certainly one of those ways. The word of God is the truth, the truth of God. The…
Someone once said, “If you have to work so hard for something and invest extra effort compared to others to get the same exact thing, just know the Grace of…
Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”  Prayer is a gentle invitation from us by God…
Recently at a coffee bar,I overheard a doctor say that his monthly taxes  to the national revenue authority via the Pay as you Earn (P.A.Y.E) mandatory tax deductions could buy hypertension ( high…

Memoir of an intern Doctor… Day 260…..quarantine day 4

Yea right, I’m still here ……in quarantine. I have 10 days to go. unless otherwise; I’ll count 10 for now. Today was very dull. I was sleepy most of the day. Not sure I did anything constructive. And yea, I’m having gastritis . its almost constant these past 4 days. God help me, this can’t […]

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Memoir of an intern Doctor…. Day 259….Quarantine day 3

Quarantine has no schedule really. Many things are abrupt and that’s exactly what happened today. Like a natural alarm clock. I opened my eyes at 7am. I had a morning workout today. After a very long time. Then had breakfast, typed something on my laptop for about 3 hours, and then I got bored. Ideas […]

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Memoir of an intern Doctor….day 258…..Quarantine day 2

Following my contact with the covid case, the hospital administration decided to quarantine me and other 5 nurses who got into contact with this patient at the hospital institutional quarantine. There was a pre-quarantine session with the hospital administration, and members from WHO who talked us through this, counselled us, gave us tips about handling […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor…day 257. COVID close contact….Quarantine day 1

Yesterday something very unfortunate happened to me. I’ll tell you about it. Flash back to 23rd March during the early COVID 19 days in Uganda, I was asked to remain in my room ( self quarantine) because I woke up with flu like symptoms, however without a fever. The quarantine was to go on for […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 253

Have you done a long ward round with a serious running nose before? Forget Usain Bolt’s Kinda speed….I mean this nose teased me today. I went through this today. The meds didn’t help. I excused myself about 4 times on each patient and in between writing my patient’s notes on the their chat. I have […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 251

What’s up guys….. Bloggers and loyal followers. My consistency is lacking….I know! I’m undergoing a certain kind if mental fatigue. But I’m well and kicking. Big news, I took a COVID test sometime back last month. Got results 19 days later😂😂😂. 19 days!!!! Mujooga!!!!! Good news is, it was negative test, Although I have a […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor….day 245

Today, my colleague told me I could become an absent wife and absent mother to my future family if I kept up with my workaholic nature. I ouched and Ooouched but guess what, he was right😫😫😫. And I’m very scared at the rate at which it’s moving…..way too fast. My life is around patients and […]

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Memoir of an intern doctor…..day 221. Acholi language not Acholi yet

My Acholi language is not close to even 15%, but I’ve tried to learn some “Medical Acholi” for my clerkships. But, I sometimes ask closed ended questions when I have no immediate interpreter but it still doesn’t seem to help😖. Here is how it goes. Me; Ngok tye? ( are you still vomiting?) Patient; hdndvsusj […]

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