Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a slowdown of radiotherapy services at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) on Wednesday creating panic among patients that the machines could have broken down, once again. While URN later learnt from the administrators that the newly acquired TrueBeam linear accelerator was down for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agnes Emujong battles Kaposi’s sarcoma, a type of cancer that usually affects people living with HIV. The disease has made her develop large protruding tumors on the nose and eye areas that have almost shrunk her face. Among the five that Uganda Radio Network …
Read More »Cancer machine down for servicing – Namulindwa
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cancer machine at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) is down awaiting servicing. For the past two weeks, patients seeking radiation treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) have been bouncing after the Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine closed down. According to Christine Namulindwa, the …
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