Tag Archives: Mulago

The doctors and the patients tell their story Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Victor Ndawabo, 58, a Congolese national, was unusually lucky from the moment doctors first discovered he had coronary artery disease (CAD). The condition which presents with dangerous blockage in the vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to the …

THIS WEEK: Radiation treatment resumes after two years halt Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients requiring radiotherapy can now get treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute after the machine that had broken down in 2016 was officially replaced on Jan.19. The new machine is set to handle 80 patients a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An all-Ugandan team of doctors has carried out a vascular bypass surgery at the Uganda Heart Institute in Mulago on Monday. The first of its kind by an all Ugandan doctors team, the eight-hour procedure was performed to redirect blood flow from one area …

Atomic Energy boss in Uganda for Cancer Machine launch Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano has met President Yoweri Museveni and discussed nuclear cooperation with Uganda. Amano is in Uganda ahead of the official commissioning on Friday of the Cobalt …

THIS WEEK: Former deputy chief justice passes on Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Deputy Chief Justice Laeticia Mukasa Kikonyogo succumbed to a heart attack on Nov.23 at the age of 77. According to family members the judge died while on the way to Mulago hospital from a private clinic …

THIS WEEK: Police deploys 16 doctors in hospitals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To fill the vacuum created by the doctors’ industrial action started early in the month, the Uganda Police has deployed 16 doctors to different facilities in addition to opening their facilities to the public. Revealing this, Police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) has announced that the recently purchased €320,000 radiotherapy machine is fully installed and services are set to resume next month. “The radiotherapy machine has been fully installed and awaiting certification. We must comply with the international standards of treatment of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police force health services directorate has joined their counterparts the UPDF and Prisons in offering medical services to Ugandans as medical doctors continue their industrial action. Uganda police are offering their 94 health facilities across the country that includes 40 medical laboratories …

THIS WEEK: Former Mulago ED passes on Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At 68 years, Dr. Lawrence Kaggwa the former Mulago National Referral Hospital Executive Director succumbed to heart complications on Nov.10. Confirming the news to journalists, Dr. John Omangino said the retired surgeon had been admitted to Uganda Heart …

The constant battle between the patient and physiotherapist Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | It’s 9 O’clock in the morning at the physiotherapy department at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, and an elderly looking bare footed man is sitting drenched in sweat in the lobby. He has just finished …