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Mulago hospital conducts four successful kidney transplants

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has conducted four successful kidney transplant surgeries. Professor Philipa Musoke, the board chairperson of the hospital, says that the transplant was for patients with end-stage kidney disease. She says that the achievement comes as the hospital expands its capacity for renal transplants, …

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MPOX: KCCA sets up 2 isolation treatment centers as cases rise to 5

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have revealed increasing surveillance as Uganda’s confirmed cases of Mpox, a viral disease previously known as monkey pox increased to five. Speaking  on Thursday, Dr Daniel Okello the Director Public Health at the Kampala Capital City Authority …

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Fresh details emerge on man shot to death in Mulago

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fresh details have emerged about Simon Peter Otim who was shot dead on Thursday night at Sebina Zone- Kaleerwe, Mulago III Parish, Kawempe Division. Otim was shot at around 8:30pm by two men who entered the sitting room where he was with his wife, daughter …

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Ex-Mulago hospital boss remanded over shs6.3billion loss

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded the former Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital  Dr. Byarugaba Baterana Bonaventura  to Luzira prison on charges of abuse of office. He and six others are accused causing government a 6.3 billion shillings loss  in irregular  …

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A beacon of hope for arthritis patients in Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At most public and private hospitals in Uganda, surgeons cannot restore the knees and joints of patients battling rheumatic arthritis. Over ten years ago, there was only one specialist at Mulago National Referral Hospital to treat patients with musculoskeletal conditions. On Thursday, Ugandan surgeons teaming …

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What the Uganda organ donation and transplant law means

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The enactment of human organ donation and transplant law and the first-ever kidney transplant at Mulago has drawn mixed reactions. For patients waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, the new law and the commencement of kidney transplants in Uganda raise hope. However, the living organ …

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Experts clarify on law amidst fears of trade in human organs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists at Mulago National Referral Hospital are working to establish a fully-fledged organ transplant unit having successfully done Uganda’s first kidney transplant in December. However, the advance in health tech has come with fears of illegal transplantation considering that the demand for kidneys for instance …

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Mulago ordered to pay Sh50 million for missing baby

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of the High Court has ordered Mulago Hospital to pay sh50 Million to a 47-year-old woman as compensation for psychological torture and trauma she suffered when she lost her baby. In his ruling, Justice Phillip Odoki observed that the failure of …

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