Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeons at Mulago Hospital have decried the high number of people in need of surgery who are referred to the hospital. Dr. Abubaker Bugembe an Ear, Nose, and throat surgeon at Mulago revealed that for the past three years, the ENT …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first kidney transplant patient, Mark Maurice Kiyemba has finally been discharged from Mulago Hospital. Kiyemba who was wheeled to the hospital in late December walked home on Friday together with his donor Steven Mpagi. The recipient together with his donor has been under close …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met a group of surgeons from Mulago National Referral Hospital who performed the first Kidney transplant in Uganda at the facility last week. The group was led by the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng met Museveni at State …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery have complained that the facility that opened in 1955 is stuck with diploma courses even with advances made in clinical training over the years. Eva Nampiima, the Principal at the school said that initially …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 772 patients turned up on the first day of a week-long free surgical camp organized by Mulago Specialized National Referral Hospital to commemorate this year’s independence day. Speaking to journalists on Monday, Dr. Nobert Orwotho, the Surgical Director at the hospital, stated that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago Specialized National Referral Hospital will on Monday start a week–long surgical camp in which they anticipate attending to over four thousand cases. Speaking during a press conference, the hospital Executive Director Dr. Rosemary Byanyima said the camp which is an independence anniversary gift …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | TotalEnergies EP Uganda has today handed over the largest high fidelity simulation center for medical training in sub-Saharan Africa, outside Cape town to Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences at Mulago Hospital. The facility is aimed at providing specialized emergency medical skills training to strengthen …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 45 year old Frank Kasaija fell as he went grazing about four years ago in the rural Ntoroko district. Since then he has been in and out of hospitals due to excruciating pain in the upper part of his abdomen. A scan done …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from Mulago Specialised Women and Neo-natal Hospital are tasked to explain why they were issued with letters of credit from Bank of Uganda worth Shs4.07 billion despite the closure of the financial year. While interfacing with the officials on Monday, 31 July 2023, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts at Mulago Specialized Hospital have received dozens of aging patients who are stuck with a daily intake of painkillers due to pending knee replacement surgeries. Speaking during a news conference on the sidelines of a free surgical camp that ends on Friday, Dr. Alex …
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