A conversation with Dr. Barigye on oxygen provision and how FREO2 can keep the oxygen flowing.
In the Western Region of Uganda lies the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH), home of some of the best health professionals and educators in the region and referral hospital for the districts of Mbarara, Bushenyi, Ntungamo, Kiruhura, Ibanda, and Isingiro. Despite being located in the second largest city in Uganda, when the FREO2 team arrived at MRRH in 2016, the hospital was grappling with a low supply of an essential medicine: oxygen.