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180 Treated at Lira Clinic in September

Posted in Lira Clinic, tagged , , on November 3, 2008 | No Comments »

In September 180 people were able to get care at the Lira Clinic due to financial support from Suubi Trust. 86 of these patients were aged 18 and under. 38 were referred to the clinic by the staff at the Lira Primary School.
Most of the patients seen had malaria. It is becoming evident that a [...]

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Care for Pupils at Lira Primary School

Posted in Lira Clinic, Sponsors, tagged , , , on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

St. Peter’s Methodist Primary School has collected two more gifts to help support healthcare provided to the pupils at the Lira Primary School. In July they raised £188.05 at the end of term production and more recently £102.16 at their Harvest celebration. Earlier this year St. Peter’s raised £255.49.
These gifts come in the same week [...]

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Immunisations in July

Posted in Lira Clinic, tagged on August 8, 2008 | No Comments »

Kenneth Odongo (Medical Clinical Officer at the Lira Clinic)

has sent us a report showing details of the 50 patients that he has treated with various immunisations in July, including Measles and Polio. Three quarters of those being treated are young children under the age of 5.

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426 Patients Treated at the Lira Clinic

Posted in Lira Clinic, tagged , on July 24, 2008 | No Comments »

In June we treated 426 charity patients at the Lira Clinic.
Jemimah, our Programme Coordinator, has provided the following analysis and comment:

80% of those treated are 18 years or younger, 122 are 5 and under
We had 63 referrals from the Lira Primary School
The top two conditions treated were Malaria and Respiratory Tract Infection
Women being treated for [...]

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Dennis Odongo: update

Posted in Cancer Care, Lira Clinic, Patients, tagged , , on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »

Dr. Hamza has given us this update:
Dennis has had 3 complete cycles of chemo and has 3 more to go. He has improved significantly on treatment; the tumour swelling has markedly reduced and yet we have so far not had any major complications due to chemo.
Therefore I am, so far, happy with his progress. I [...]

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Dennis, 3 Mums and a Wedding

Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, Lira Clinic, Patients, tagged , , on July 14, 2008 | No Comments »

Hi,
3 quick updates from Suubi Trust…
1.    If you want to see a great example of the difference that your support can make then please take a look at our latest postings about Dennis, a young boy being treated for cancer in Hope Ward.
http://blog.suubitrust.org.uk/2008/07/12/dennis-odongo-2/
http://blog.suubitrust.org.uk/2008/06/20/dennis-odongo/
2.    Friends and Family of Matt and Lauren Bookle raised more than £2,300 [...]

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Lauren and Matt Bookle

Posted in Fund Raising, Lira Clinic, tagged on July 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Lauren and Matt were married on Saturday July 5th. Their friends and family have so far raised more than £3,082.87 in support of our work at the Lira Clinic.
This money will meet the cost of much needed treatment for at least 400 patients…

Our thanks to all who have given so generously.

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Dennis Odongo

Posted in Cancer Care, Lira Clinic, Patients, tagged , on July 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Lucy has now returned to the UK and has sent some photos of Dennis with his cousin Jimmy…
Ha, you’d never guess it but Dennis has made an amazing transformation! After the surgery, he had more chemo and the tumor is ready for the second de-bulking surgery; it’s fantastic that it is so soon. He may [...]

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Uganda volunteer supports return to normality

Posted in Fund Raising, Lira Clinic, tagged , on July 8, 2008 | No Comments »

The following appears today in the Swindon Link…

After learning about the work of the Suubi Trust in Uganda, Jennifer Allison of Freshbrook has spent a year following university raising money to fund a trip to help.
The charity is working to improve healthcare in Lira in northern Uganda. After twenty years of conflict a truce has [...]

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Dennis Odongo

Posted in Cancer Care, Lira Clinic, Patients, tagged , on June 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Read an update about Dennis by clicking here…
In April 2008, Lucy made a visit to the state hospital in Lira, here she met Dennis.
Dennis Odongo is 7 years old; he has an older brother of 14 years and three sisters, each of 5, 3 and 1 years old. His father died in 2007 and his [...]

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