October 20, 2009

Jinja Regional Referral Hospital has received a boost of six baby incubators to increase the survival chances of babies born prematurely.

The donation worth Ush 10 million was made by the dfcu Bank, under its Corporate Social Responsibility Community development programme.

The Hospital’s Medical Superintendent Dr Christine Ondoa-Onama who received the equipment said the hospital’s maternity Ward registers four hundred births per month, with an average of 15 premature births. She thanked dfcu Bank for the good gesture, adding that the incubators will go a long way in saving the lives of babies born prematurely.

“dfcu has led the way in the effort to save the lives of babies born prematurely in this hospital. These babies need warm environment to survive and the incubators are just the right equipment we needed to save their lives”, she said.

Handing over the incubators, dfcu Bank Head of Marketing Susan Nsibirwa said the bank is committed to continue extending helping hands in the areas of maternal health, sanitation and provision of clean water to communities around the country.