WMF Scholar Jurugo Roberts Ali shared with us this story of his extraordinary experiences during the holiday break. Jurugo, thank you for sharing this with us. We are honored and so proud of you.
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It was the beginning of December 2009 and it’s already holiday time. I packed my bags and headed to my country Sudan. The bus took 2days to reach my County Kajo-Keji in Southern Sudan.
The day I reached, immediately reported to the hospital. The aim was to volunteer. With my dreams of serving Humanity, I was determined to help in serving Humanity.
I needed supervision and thanks God, I still found the only Doctor in the Hospital. Dr. Ladu and the Hospital Administrator welcomed me and immediately introduced me to the Operating Theater (OT) and the Maternity Ward (MW) in Kajo-Keji Civil Hospital.
I decided to volunteer in a hospital NOT only to help me practically but because I was told previously that during the festive season, many of the foreign health practitioners do go to their countries for holidays leaving the hospital without qualified workers. Indeed that was true.
If I had not gone there, I do not know the fate of all the 79 babies who were born during my supervision.
In my University, I was not allowed to carry out Cesarean Sections alone, but due to lack of qualified man power, I was able to risk the life of many by operating on them. Through prayers, I was successful. I personally carried out three Cesarian Sections alone with the help of nurses when the Medical Director Dr. Ladu had gone to Juba for his holiday.
I really loved helping the mothers who are in pain. I liked seeing them returning home with health newborns.
As part of what I intend to do in future, I was careful in making sure that, there was no mother to Child transmission of HIV.
It wasn’t easy though! Seeing still births for the first time, that really scared me. I could escape to the rest room and cry and also pray to God. ‘God, why should you take the life of an innocent baby?’ Why don’t you, Lord allow them live, they could one day become doctors and save the world?’ ‘God keep them in eternal life Amen!’
There were a lot of challenges that I faced volunteering, some of which are challenges to patients, but I considered them to be mine. For example:
• You make a simple prescription to only find that there are no drugs in the Hospital Pharmacy department.
• During Christmas and Boxing Day, I worked both as a Nurse and a Resident Doctor. There were few nurses. I call this corruption because no one was warned after that
• No break fast, lunch, and supper for me. I had to go home every time I needed them
• I arrive at the Hospital every morning at 8:00 AM and leave at 10:00PM.
Despite all those challenges, I was able to help to volunteer and I do believe the patients and the few workers I got there do appreciate the services I offered.
I would like to thank the entire administration and all the departments in the Hospital more especially the following:
1. Dr. Ladu Wani Ismail, The Medical Director KAjo-Keji Civil Hopital
2. Janet Kiko Elisama, Midwife, Incharge- Maternity Ward
3. Okenyi Felix Tito, Administrator, Kajo-Keji Hospital, Kajo-keji County.
4. Wells Mountain Foundation, for giving me the opportunity to study and help people who are in need.
Thanks for reading.
Jurugo Roberts Ali
jra_roberts@yahoo.com
What an inspiring story! Jurugo, you make us all proud.
Keep studying hard. You will be a great doctor both because of your skills but also because of your compassion and caring. Tom Wells
Thank you Tom.
Without your help, i would not have been able to do that!!! You are helping me to help others.
Thank you once again.
Hey Roberts,i am really touched by your work,i see how God is using you to save the life of others.i see you riding out as a conqueror to conquer all health matters.
you are a blessing to this generation.
continue to make exploits and never forget to say thank you to WMF.BLESS YOU.
I am very enthused about the work the W. M. F. family is doing.
That is to say,helping the Haitians alongside helping individuals like me to be the best that i can be.
Mr.Tom wrote to me once and said,”if there is one thing to fix in life,go first for education”
i pondered on this saying and said to myself i have to fix my education,and low and behold
i am fixing my education now.i registered for my external exams,Microsoft professional exams paper one (M. C. P)
with determination and hard work,i passed and now i am member of Microsoft with a certification of MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (M.C.P).
I pray to you God to see me through the rest of the six papers remaining,to be a MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEM ENGINEER(M. C. S. E).without W.M.F,i could not have registered for this external exams to see my dream come true.i say thanks for financing me.I would like to share this glory and achievement with W.M.F scholars,that we should go first for education and i will say the Lord Almighty God bless the board of directors and everybody who contributed to my sponsorship.i have to go now because end of semester exams is in progress.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
having volunteer reveals what is in somebody, thinkingly that it is very important whoever do this needs to get boosted up so that they can get achieved and think to do more of what they do have in benefits to their community(ies)