Mbarara, Uganda | URN | Kidney failure cases are rising in the Ankole sub-region, with Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital recording 450 cases last year, while patients requiring regular dialysis face high and sustained treatment costs. The hospital’s renal unit receives about 30 kidney failure patients every month, according to records …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Industry David Bahati has promised that the right incentives and tax relief will be given to ensure that Wakiso District hosts the biggest dialysis centre in the country – the JWK International Hospital. The JWK International Hospital was commissioned last week, but officials said the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the government to allocate sh7.5 billion for dialysis centres in the 13 regional referral hospitals. Dialysis is purification of blood done for patients whose kidneys cannot sufficiently function. It is estimated that about 8 million Ugandans suffer from kidney related diseases, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Kidney Foundation is seeking an allocation of sh568 million to run a Kidney Centre in every Regional Referral Hospital across the country. Dr Joseph Gyagenda, the Chairperson of the Foundation says that kidney diseases remain silently ignored by the government with …
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