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Eva: Hope Ward Cancer Charity

Posted in Cancer Care, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged , , on December 8, 2010 |

This is Eva and she wants you to know: “It is possible to survive cancer in Uganda”….. Eva is so positive – she was one of our first patients to be treated with breast cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes in March 2006. She is still in remission and whenever she comes she [...]

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Emma: Hope Ward Cancer Charity

Posted in Cancer Care, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged , , , , , on December 6, 2010 |

This is “Emma” in July 2008 on first line maintenance treatment for ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukaemia). With Sister Irene, our first chemotherapy nurse who now trains new nurses to deliver specialist cancer treatment. and here he is in October 2010 with his mother and Sister Aisha, chemotherapy nurse. Emmanuel (“Emma”) is doing remarkably well – [...]

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Hope Ward Cancer Charity: Fundraising and Future Plans

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, tagged , , , , on December 3, 2010 |

In October IHK hosted an “open day” for cancer sufferers to attend consultations by eminent doctors from India. Many of these patients had very complex cancer problems: more than 30 were assessed. This camp was in association with the Apollo hospital group and is an example of one of our strategies to help extend the [...]

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Advent: Day 2 Emma

Posted in Advent, Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, Suubi Trust, tagged , , , , , , on December 2, 2010 |

Sorry I missed day 1 and I’ve just seen that a few Blogs are posting Advent pictures, which I think is a great idea. So here we go; I will try to post a photo each day up to Christmas and use these to say a little bit about what we are doing here; all [...]

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Margaret: Hope Ward Cancer Charity

Posted in Cancer Care, Patients, tagged , on December 1, 2010 |

Margaret comes to hospital in her best outfit – the traditional Ugandan “Gomez”. She a humble and gracious woman and has no support – tragically, 7 out of 8 of her children have died. She couldn’t afford treatment for a womb mass and leg swelling. Hope Cancer clinic wishes to ensure this quiet, humble patient, [...]

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Maria: Hope Ward Cancer Charity

Posted in Cancer Care, International Medical Foundation, Patients, tagged , , , , on November 29, 2010 |

Maria is a delightful 5 year old who runs around Hope Ward grinning and following the doctors! She has been very brave – Maria alone and with her mother and Svetlana – a volunteer and cancer survivor. Svetlana willingly gives her free time to care for those who are needy. She comes from a village [...]

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Hope Ward Cancer Charity

Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, International Hospital Kampala, tagged , , , on November 26, 2010 |

We will be posting over the next week or so some patient stories and information about cancer care being provided to our Hope Ward (charity) patients. Introduction The word “cancer” in Uganda brings thoughts of death, confusion, and stigma. People feel hopeless and impotent with nowhere to turn. The Hope Ward Cancer charity was founded [...]

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IHK and The Concert For Hope

Posted in Cancer Care, Dr. Ian Clarke, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Foundation, tagged , , , , , , on November 18, 2010 |

By Hannah Magoola: International Hospital Kampala (IHK) makes 10 years on December 8th 2010 since its official opening by the ex-Prime Minister, Professor Apollo Nsibambi in Old Kampala in 2000. IHK moved to its purpose-built facilities in Namuwongo in 2005 and in 2006 it launched its charity ward Hope Ward. The Concert for Hope is [...]

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Cancer Care

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, tagged , , on October 18, 2010 |

We’ve just received £500 from Emily for Cancer Care at Hope Ward. She raised these funds earlier this year climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Emily’s page is here… Last summer I travelled to Uganda and again I fell in love. I visited the International Hospital in Kampala and I was hugely taken by one particular ward, called [...]

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JustGiving

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, tagged on February 14, 2010 |

Last year we started using the JustGiving website to make it easy for you to raise funds for our various projects. In 2009, 5 pages were created and a total of £6,480 raised, thanks to all those who got involved. We are currently using JustGiving to raise funds for Cancer Care. You can help by [...]

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