Oli Otya? Life and Loss in Rural Uganda

The story of a team of nurses from a small hospital who travel to the villages to care for people facing life -threatening illness. Naggalama, Uganda is less than 25 miles from Kampala, the capital, but in many ways, it is a million miles away. Families depend on the harvest; children fill cans of water at the pump; and food simmers on open fires. Villagers frequently turn to traditional healers, herbalists, and bone setters, hoping to ease their suffering. Nurse Prossy Nafula and her team bring medical supplies and liquid morphine to patients in the community. They are accompanied by American physician volunteers: Randi Diamond, a palliative care specialist at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, her husband, Howard Eison, an internist in private practice, and Jemella Raymore, who trained with Randi.