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When hospital is better than home

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged , , on April 9, 2011 | Comments Off

The Observer has published an update about David Muhwezi, who has been treated on Hope Ward for a rare skin condition. Written by Shifa Mwesigye, published Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:22 and linked here. The photo above from The Observer, click to see original posting. David’s condition caused him to be rejected by those around [...]

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Mbazira Ramulah treated on Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, Touch Namuwongo on March 29, 2011 | Comments Off

By Jemimah Kiboss: Medical condition: Chronic Deep Venous Thrombosis Mbazira Ramulah is a 27 year old adult female residing in Kabalagala Zana Zone, a single mother with 2 children, a grade three teacher who stopped teaching because of her medical condition. Ramulah has had a blood clotting disorder for the last ten years and has [...]

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David Muhwezi – on Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged , on March 22, 2011 | Comments Off

The Observer has published an update about David Muhwezi, a 14 year old being treated on Hope Ward for a rare skin condition. Click here to read the article… You may recall reading about Bukenya who was treated on Hope Ward for 2 months in 2007 with a similar condition.

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People Reached in 2010

Posted in Aldo Project, Cancer Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Heart Surgery, Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Pader Clinic, Physiotherapy, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo on March 16, 2011 | Comments Off

We recently reviewed progress for International Medical Foundation over 2010 and are pleased to note the following data: 5,592 people were counselled and tested for HIV 1,644 were enrolled on our treatment programmes for those living with HIV 19 patients received treatment each month for Cancer 9 received open heart surgery 244 were admitted onto [...]

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UK Aid as a share of National Income

Posted in Business of Health Care, Charis - IMC Lira, Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Touch Namuwongo, Yer Yotkom, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In the last few weeks there’s been a lot of discussion about UK overseas aid. (on Twitter #AidReview) DFID has just completed a thorough review of all the programmes that it supports and has announced some changes planned for the next few years. Essentially the UK Government is committed to sharing up to 0.7% of [...]

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Hope Ward Restored my HOPE

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients on March 1, 2011 | Comments Off

I am Rose, a female 38yrs old. I was diagnosed with a tumour of the lower Rectum following investigations e.g. Colonoscopy. The Surgeon suggested that I would benefit from surgery which could be done better from IHK. I requested the Doctor if he could refer me to any other hospital because I could never afford [...]

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Hope Ward Annual Report 2010

Posted in Hope Ward, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Foundation, Patients, Sponsors, tagged , on February 28, 2011 | Comments Off

By Jemimah Kiboss: In the 11 months to the end of November 2010 Hope Ward admitted 227 patients for a total of 2,730 bed-nights. This year, funds raised for Hope Ward amounted to UGX 89.4 million (~£25,000); 43% of these funds came from our corporate sponsors – Bead for Life, Mvule Trust & Narrow Road. [...]

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Advent: Day 19 Open Heart Surgery

Posted in Advent, Business of Health Care, Heart Surgery, Hope Ward, Sponsors, tagged , , , , , on December 19, 2010 | Comments Off

IHK performed its first open heart surgery on April 13th 2007. You can read more here. OHS is very complex and expensive. Each of these procedures costs about $7,000 (which compared of course to other countries is still very good value for money). Each is performed on a charitable basis, largely due to generous support [...]

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Advent: Day 14 Calvin Treated for Elephantiasis

Posted in Advent, Hope Ward, Patients, tagged , , , on December 14, 2010 | Comments Off

Calvin is just one of our many hundreds of patients treated free of charge in Hope Ward. He had operations regularly with us for over two years, after which he was able to go back to school at the age of 25. Elephantiasis is an infection that blocks lymph drainage from the legs. They swell [...]

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Advent: Day 10 Dr. Richard

Posted in Advent, Charis - IMC Lira, Fund Raising, Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , , , on December 10, 2010 | Comments Off

This is Dr. Richard as many of us will remember him, enjoying being with the kids on Hope Ward. He made a huge difference in his time with us as a voluteer with VSO. There are more photos of him on the VSO website here. Even after their VSO stint was finished, Richard and Patricia [...]

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