6 Reasons Why East Africa Medical Center is the Leading Habesha Health Center in Uganda
Uganda hosts over 27,000 Eritrean refugees and 6,709 Ethiopians, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees report of 2022, making the total number of Habesha people in Uganda to be more than 33709 across the country.
These people have started businesses in the country in the real estate, hospitality, health, fashion, and entertainment sectors in their respective areas of residence. This has hugely contributed to the economic development of Uganda through employment, government revenue, etc.
Similarly, Mr. Seare Asmelash saw the need to cater for the lives of these people due to the fact that life is the greatest asset for everyone. He thus established a health center called East Africa Medical Center that would provide convenient healthcare-related services.
Why Should You Choose East Africa Medical Center If You’re Habesha?
1. Strategically Located
East Africa Medical Center is a well-established health center that started in January 2018 in Kampala, Uganda. It currently has three branches: South Point Mall in Kabalagala, Ndeeba, and Bunga, all intended to bring healthcare services closer to people.
This means that patients don not have to travel for long distances to access best and affordable healthcare. Thus, making East Africa Medical Center a medical center of their choice.
2. Highly Qualified Staff
Envisioning to be the healthcare “Provider of Choice” for Habesha community in east Africa in terms of giving quality and affordable medical, East Africa is a home for a team of highly qualified, skilled and determined professionals. This team provides comprehensive, trusted, compassionate healthcare services that exceeds customer’s expectations and continued respect for the holistic needs of all individuals in the community.
3. Effective Communication
English still being a great challenge to most Habesha people due to the fact that they study a different Alphabet; Geez to be specific, they find it hard to communicate effectively with the fluent English language speakers.
This makes it hard to express themselves for example when they go to Ugandan hospitals for treatment, consultation or any other cause.
Therefore, East Africa Medical Center solves the problem by simply having staff comprised of Tigrinya, Amharic, English and Somalis language speakers.
4. Their Goals and values
According the Managing Director Mrs. Helen Habteselasie, the main purpose of East Africa Medical Centre is to actively contribute to the safe and high-level health service operation in various departments including;
- Dental Care
- Laboratory Services.
- Immunization
- Minor Surgeries
- General Medicine
- Antenatal Care
- Emergency Care
- Vaccination
- Pharmacy
- Family Planning
- Ultrasound Services
- Outpatient Management
- Etc.
Furthermore, East Africa Medical Center provides regular educative information to increase health awareness amongst people in the community.
“We contribute to the improvement of health status of Ugandan population
through quality care, health education, and community empowerment.We would like to thank the Ugandan government and people for giving us the opportunity to work in the field of health care and for their ongoing cooperation,” – Mrs. Helen Habteselasie, Managing Director.
East Africa Medical Center operation are guided by the following core values:
- Respect: High regard for opinions of self and others; treats patients, families, and coworkers with dignity
- Integrity: Honesty and confidentiality; pursue service excellence
- Accountability: Follow through on all commitments; Serving patients as individuals and honoring their humanity
- Stewardship: Creatively and optimally utilize all resources to maintain financial ability to support East Africa Medical Centre mission and vision
- Compassion care: Demonstrate caring by listening, expressing concern, and empathy for patients, families, and coworkers.
5. Community Engagement
One of the core values of East Africa Medical Center is community engagement to promote capacity building amongst its target customers.
This has been achieved through various activities that encourage community members to inclusively participate. These activities include; blood donation campaigns, Football club sponsorship, Eritrean Independence celebrations among others.
These activities have helped to instill hope and stabilize mental wellbeing of these refugees considering their past life experience.
6. Partnerships
Besides community engagement, east Africa medical center has embarked on strategic sponsorships for community development. These include; partnering with Kampala City Council (KCCA) and The Art Association of Eritrean Refugees in Uganda (AAERU) for city cleaning campaign.
“We are grateful to KCCA for their invaluable help in assisting us in providing better healthcare. I’d like to thank everyone who encourages us to continue working to contribute a raise in the economic development of Uganda.” – Mrs. Habteselasie stated.
Other partnerships by East Africa Medical Center include the following;
- Partnering with the Eritrean Voluntary Blood Donation for blood donation;
- Partnering with United Somalis Community in Uganda to strategize on how to extend their services to this community since they have same challenge as Habesha people;
- Partnering with the African Humanitarian Action (AHA) and Habesha Religious leaders to the problem of address Drug Abuse;
- Partnering with Haget Academy to train and upskill medical students with hands-on practical skills among many others.
With all the above, if you’re an Eritrean, Ethiopian, Sudanese, Somalis or any other refugee in Uganda in need of urgent, cheap, high quality and professional healthcare services, East Africa Medical Center is your suitable choice.