China medical team provides critical medical services in Terekeka County
Du Changyong, team leader of the 12th batch of China medical team hands over donated items to Augustino Awan James, medical director of Terekeka County hospital on July 28, 2025.
By Denis Ejulu
The 12th batch of the Chinese medical team on Monday travelled 63 kilometers to Terekeka County, located on the Western Bank of the Nile River, where they provided free medical services to the population.
The medical outreach which lasted from July 28-29 saw hundreds of patients with various ailments ranging from malaria, infertility, respiratory tract infection and accident wounds turn up for medical services.
Keji Rhoda Kulang, a 26- year- old midwife working in Terekeka County hospital said on Monday, that she is looking forward to try out the medicine received from the Chinese medical team to relieve her ovulation pain.
Rhoda said that since she got married in 2019, she has failed to conceive with several doctors alluding to various complications such as urinary tract infection, adding that despite getting treatment her ordeal continues.
“This pain comes when I am in ovulation and when I am not in ovulation it is normal. So it is really so painful that I cannot have sex with my husband,” said Rhoda.
“I even did not know what to do, but I hope with the coming of the Chinese medical team here, I will get the right treatment,” she added.
Madeline Buse, 29, brought her two-year -old son suffering with tinea and dermatitis, saying he had been unable to play for a while due to immense body itching.
“I did not give him medicine because I did not know what medicine to give. I feared that by giving him any medicine it would complicate the situation,” said Buse.
She had waited for the arrival of the Chinese doctors at Terekeka County hospital to take a keen look at her son, which repaid her faith.
The Chinese dermatologist on examining her son recommended medicine for both tinea and dermatitis.
“I believe the medicine given to me by qualified doctors in this hospital will heal my child,” said Buse.
Tombe Galbino, a 16-year-old pastoralist turned up feverish and frequently vomiting but had failed to access the Chinese doctors due to the huge crowd ahead of him, but he persisted until he underwent a quick malaria diagnostic test with doctors confirming malaria.
Galbino caught the fever last week, which left him unable to tender after his cattle.
“I tried to take traditional medicine but I did not get any relief,” he said.
“I am relieved to have gotten the medication and I hope to get cured soon and resume my work,” added Galbino.
Martin Kulang, 33, who recently sustained serious injuries in a deadly motor accident along the Juba-Terekeka road managed to get his wounds cleaned and dressed by a team of Chinese doctors.
They cleaned and dressed Kulang’s wounds for two days and provided him with antibiotics and pain killers.
“I am very happy for the medical services provided to me, and I believe I will heal soon,” said Kulang.
Augustino Awan James, medical director of Terekeka County hospital said the medical outreach provided by the Chinese medical team was timely, due to the high prevalence of diseases such as malaria and respiratory tract infections during the ongoing rainy season.
“During rainy season all the dirt is carried to the river, and we don’t have the mechanism on how to treat the water so that it would be safe for drinking. The weather is very cold and this is why our children are developing respiratory infections such as pneumonia and others,” he said.
In addition, he commended the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team for donating eight bundles of mosquito nets and mosquito coils to the hospital.
“We are in a rainy season whereby, there are a lot of mosquitoes, so these items will help in preventing malaria,” said Awan.
