Uganda’s main Hospital Mulago has announced its doctors will start conducting the first Kidney transplants and other organs in what has been hailed as a major success in the country’s medical sector.
The doctors have described this as a major breakthrough in the provision of super-specialized health care in Uganda.
The hospital director, Dr. Baterana Byarugaba said by October, the hospital will carry out its first kidney transplant, beginning with the 65 patients undergoing dialysis.
The surgeries, according to the director, will be free to all patients once the hospital is fully facilitated by the government.
In addition, the hospital will be in position to carry out transplants of other organs like the heart and lungs.
Dr. Byarugaba made the disclosure at a press briefing at the hospital after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with a team of medical specialists and other administrators from Yashoda Hospital, an Indian centre for excellence in kidney and other transplants.
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