The Lighthouse Bulletin

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ICMDA NIHSJ Newsletter Volume 1 Issue 3 Dec 2015
Feature Profile: Dr. Peter Waitt
Dr. Peter Waitt is a consultant acute physician and a GP from Liverpool, United Kingdom.
He has been volunteering at the institute since October 2015 teaching First Aid, Nutrition
and Pathology to the Clinical Officers. He is in Uganda with his wife Dr. Catriona Waitt.
They have been married for sixteen years and have that three (3) sons- Isaac 6 years,
Rueben 6 years and Micah 2 years. Rueben was adopted in Malawi where Dr. Peter and
his wife were working at the time.
Catriona is a clinical pharmacologist, a medical academic as well as an acute physician
currently carrying out research at Infectious Diseases Institute Mulago. The couple have
previously worked in Malawi where Catriona was carrying out some research on tuberculosis while Dr. Peter was teaching at
a medical school. They stayed in Malawi for 4 years. Dr. Peter and Catriona also lived in
Gambia for 3 months working in a mission hospital. They first came to Uganda in April
2014,when Catriona had some to do over here and to also partly see how well they would fit
in as a family. They have settled in quite well, Peter and the boys enjoy going to the local
markets, they enjoy the local foods such as ground stew and posho.
Dr. Peter got to know about the institute and the volunteering through a friend at CMF. He
says he find the students quite an interesting group. He says as long as there is a need at
the institute, he will always be happy to keep volunteering.
L-R Isaac, Rueben and Micah
Pictorial
Staff singing carols at the Christmas Party
The Christmas Cake
Barbeque