Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 80 percent of the patients who go to the Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI for either cancer screening, management or treatment end up dying, according to Richard Ekwan, a health educator at the UCI. Ekwan says the low survival rate results from the delay by …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors treating cancer patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) have expressed concern over the high number of patients using herbal medicine concurrently with their prescribed conventional medicine or chemotherapy. The doctors who were sharing experiences in how to efficiently handle the different kinds of …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) has had 298 of its patients test positive for Covid-19. These were identified through an initiative that requires everyone seeking cancer treatment to first undertake a Covid-19 PCR test. Dr Nixon Niyonzima who heads laboratory services at the Institute told …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute based at Mulago National Referral hospital is known for offering a comprehensive package of cancer treatment and care services. The institute provides oncology services, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, cancer screening among a range of others. The institute sees an unrelenting stream …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For decades, cancer patients in Uganda have painstakingly endured barriers in accessing life-saving treatment at Uganda Cancer Institute. That may not be the case anymore as Uganda Cancer Institute integrates the patient navigation program as part of the services in cancer management in Uganda. It …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price