By Michael Kanaabi Dollar
As the year 2024 takes shape, for Teamwork Homecare Services last year was a year of considerable successes according to the home based medicare service provider’s CEO Julius Habumugisha.
“ We attended a number of transformative events that gave us good insight into how to improve our efficiency as a company providing much needed home based medicare services to the elderly, critically ill, post surgical patients and those on chronic ailments Management among other services” he said. Key among these events was the Mental Wellness day where a paper on mental wellness and Elderly Care for those with mental challenges resulting from age happens, issues around a condition called Fupello cycosis which can result into insanity from as early as one’s birth were key points of discussion here.
Another engagement with the public happened at Amazing Grace church in Bukoto where for a number of days Teamwork Homecare was able to offer free consultation and advice to church members and well-wishers covering chronic ailments like Diabetes, Hypertension which are on the rise with in the general populace alongside Counseling services. World Aids Day was also another day through which Teamwork Homecare carried out outreaches to the communities surrounding it’s offices in Kyambogo.
“Here we reached out to the less privileged in the community and were able to check and treat a number of elderly people with the focus being on Diabetes and Pressure while also offering free medical check up especially for HIV among the youth” Habumugisha says. Other events that Teamwork Homecare participated in included the World Cerebral Palsy day, the Uganda Medical Expo at UMA show grounds, Innovation week at the National ICT incubation centre Nakawa and an investment summit for high value start ups coordinated by Finance and Investment State Minister Hon. Evelyne Anite where His Excellency the President was in attendance as well. Other Achievements Beyond all these events where Teamwork Homecare was able to showcase its services to various stakeholders, they also moved into new better offices with in Naalya Estates and improved their expertise and capacity when it comes to handling complex Kidney related ailments through bringing on board the fore most experts in the field of Nephrology in the country that is Dr. Kalyesubula and Sekasanvu.
“As a result Teamwork Homecare Services is now very capable of managing all complications at all stages resulting from Kidney problems effectively” Habumugisha says. What is Special about Teamwork Homecare? Teamwork Homecare Services joined the local medical services industry officially in April 2021 when it was incorporated. We came into the industry to fill a gap that I noticed as a medical professional having been working in hospitals especially during the Covid 19 pandemic Habumugisha notes. “ Many patients during that period either failed to get hospital space for admission due to congestion or extremely high costs clearly showing us the gap of home based medicare that needed to be filled something we have focused on to date” he says.
In addition, Habumugisha says, he also noticed that many times patients who had gotten better after admission in hospitals for a while relapsed instead of recovering fully when they got back home because they couldn’t access professional care medical especially while at home. As a result one of our main services to date is the provision of home based medical care Nurses that help patients with ensuring they stick to their Doctor’s instructions, medical prescriptions, diet, strict hygiene routines and everything else they need to do to ensure full speedy recovery.
Teamwork Homecare’s full range of services consequently expanded to include provision of Elderly care, post delivery care, Physiotherapy at home, paediatric Nursing, post surgical care, counseling services plus emergency and consultation services that may be required in the comfort of one’s home.
Plans for 2024 This year Habumugisha forecasts the company will take care of a much larger number of patients up to 400 or more doubling the number of 2023 which was 200 patients. With a full scale application in it’s final stages that will enable clients check in patients and access our service through both Android and Apple iOS devices, we expect tremendous growth in the medium term he says. Besides having space where patients can check in, the application will also have space where nurses looking for opportunities to work with Teamwork Homecare can check in plus medical facilities looking at hiring temporary staff to fill in for those absent will also be able to use the application to access us.
Teamwork plans to open branches upcountry starting later this year in Western Uganda, Eastern and Northern working with referral hospitals in these regions to bring services closer to the people. “Establishing an in house pharmacy to ease access to prescription and support medication for our patients is also another move Teamwork Homecare is looking at this year” Habumugisha Teamwork Homecare’s CEO concludes.
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