Calvin is a young 23 year old man who has been featured in previous Patient case stories. He has had elephantiasis for the past 8 years and has been undergoing treatment at Hope Ward. These pictures are of Calvin over the course of his treatment and you will notice that in his latest picture [...]
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Calvin
Posted in Hope Ward, Patients on November 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Kyagera Lawrence
Posted in Hope Ward, Patients on November 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Lawrence is a young 20 year old man from Namuwongo (the district in which International Hospital is located). Lawrence has had more than his fair share of troubles; he was born into a family of 16 but has lost both his parents and 12 siblings. In April of this year (2008) Lawrence was travelling in [...]
Yusuf
Posted in Hope Ward, Patients on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another child who came for surgery following a fire accident is Yusuf.
Yusuf’s leg and back were severely burnt and he had to undergo skin grafting surgery to ensure that his lower leg would not stick to his thigh and cause him to be lame.
After some days on Hope Ward and following his surgery, young Yusuf [...]
Baby Enoch
Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged Noah's Ark on November 5, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s just great when we get updates about patients being helped on Hope Ward; this simply would not be possible without the funds raised here by our many supporters.
Jemimah sent us the following update…
Baby Enoch was abandoned on the street. Police officers found him and took him to the children’s charity in Kampala known as [...]
Emmie
Posted in Cancer Care, Patients, tagged 3 Mums on November 4, 2008 | No Comments »
The following is an update about Emmie, one of those being cared for using the funds raised by The Three Mums.
Emmie is a young Nurse who discovered that she had cancer in her brain last year (2007). Emmie has been in and out of hospital ending up with a huge hospital bill and a large [...]
Cancer Patient Updates
Posted in Cancer Care, Patients, tagged 3 Mums, Dennis Odongo, Hamza on September 27, 2008 | No Comments »
We received the following update from Dr. Hamza about three of the patients being treated as a result of funds raised by the 3 Mums:
KF- Has struggled to pay cash (so pleased now to have funds from the 3 Mums) and has finished 3 cycles of the proposed chemotherapy but had not gone any further [...]
Emmanuel Lubaale (Emma)
Posted in Cancer Care, Patients, tagged Irene Nassozi, Muhame on August 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Emmanuel Lubaale (Emma) is a charming 3 year old boy. He is the second born of three children. His father is a teacher in a government school. His mother was a student at Makerere University pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree; she had to discontinue her education to take care of her ill child (Emma).
Emma’s [...]
Dennis Odongo: update
Posted in Cancer Care, Lira Clinic, Patients, tagged 3 Mums, Dennis Odongo, Hamza 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 [...]
Dennis, 3 Mums and a Wedding
Posted in Cancer Care, Fund Raising, Lira Clinic, Patients, tagged 3 Mums, Dennis Odongo, Lauren and Matt 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 [...]
Hope Ward Patients
Posted in Cancer Care, Hope Ward, Patients, tagged Irene Nassozi on July 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Sister Irene has sent us a number of case studies for patients recently treated in Hope Ward:
BT a 5 year old boy came to Hope Ward with a swollen abdomen. This problem started in July 2006.
His mother had sought treatment from different hospitals but could not find a solution. With the continuous swelling of the [...]
