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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanley the cat was on the last of his nine lives. Luckily, his owner decided to gift him a tenth, by shelling out $19,000 (Approx.Shs 70 million) for a kidney transplant. Betsy Boyd earns just $46,000 a year, working as a part-time writing professor, and …

By Flavia Nassaka Mulago transplant Program offers hope for lower costs, longer life Frank Sanyu is on dialysis treatment at Mulago hospital. He started undergoing this treatment in 2012 when he was first diagnosed with acute renal failure. Ever since, his greatest worry has been how he would finally raise …