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Child gets life saving brain surgery in Hope Ward at IHK

Posted in Hope Ward, International Hospital Kampala, Patients, Sponsors, tagged on July 30, 2010 |

This from The Observer; Written by TREVOR ARIHO, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 18:32 . Joy and Bwine are a humble couple that loves their son Mathew Ayebare (Pictured) deeply and have done their best to take care of him.  Mathew is a little over two years old and has been in and out of hospital [...]

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Bomb Victims: Patient Updates from IHK

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, Patients, tagged on July 23, 2010 |

Here’s the latest update from the clinical team about those 7 patients still admitted at IHK. 1. Sustained fracture of his right femur and multiple perforations in his intestines. Pain is controlled. Can take oral feeds. Steadily improving. 2. Had abdominal surgery. Pain controlled, he can eat and move out of bed. He is much [...]

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Beatrice: Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Patients, Suubi Trust, tagged , on July 21, 2010 |

My Name is Nagawa Beatrice from Mukono District, Nakisunga sub-county, Kakuba Village. I am a widow. I learned of IAA RVZ services in 2008 from a community based volunteer attached to the clinic. He took me to the clinic and I was enrolled in the HIV program. In May 2010, I developed cough, severe chest [...]

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Regina: Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, International Medical Foundation, Patients, Suubi Trust, tagged , on July 20, 2010 |

My Name is Regina, I am 22yrs from Namaiba Village, Nakisunga sub-county, Mukono District. I used to fall sick most of the times, a concerned neighbour who is also a peer educator from Royal Van Zanten advised me to visit their clinic for HIV blood test. I went to the IAA RVZ Mukono clinic in [...]

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Surgery To Open Up His Contracted Fist

Posted in Hope Ward, Pader Clinic, Patients on June 14, 2010 |

Santino is a four year old boy from Pader. His parents are small scale farmers. Santino is the second of six children in his family. One day while they were in the farm digging, they heard a scream coming from their hut. They ran home and found Santino’s hand stuck in the small three stone [...]

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Fighting Malaria in Lira: Gloria Mercy

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Patients, Volunteers, tagged , on May 24, 2010 |

Assimwe Gloria Mercy was admitted onto our in-patient ward at Charis-IMC. She is two and really sick with a temperature of 39.5 degrees and very unhappy. She has 4+ malaria and will be treated with i/v quinine. She will get better but we need to develop a programme to try and prevent these admissions. Malaria [...]

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Fighting Malaria in Lira: Ronald

Posted in Charis - IMC Lira, Patients, Volunteers, tagged , on May 24, 2010 |

Dr. Richard sends this report from Charis-IMC, our Health Centre in Lira, north Uganda. >>> Kisembo Ronald age 10, was admitted with bad malaria (we grade it +, ++, +++ and ++++ according to the number of Plasmodium Falciparum parasites in the blood film) Ronald was a 4+ with over 100 parasites per high power [...]

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We Helped Save His Leg

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged on May 21, 2010 |

Geoffrey is an energetic young man. Unfortunately his life has not been an easy one; his story gives a picture of the negative outcomes of Rural-Urban migration. Geoffrey left his home in rural Uganda (Rakai) to live with his brother in Kampala. He says his brother mistreated him and this lead him to live on [...]

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Thanks To The Kindness Of Strangers, She Now Stands Tall

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, Physiotherapy, tagged on May 19, 2010 |

Prossy Agoru is 16years old from Namaiba village in Mukono district. She lost her mother when she was still young, and she was left in the care of her father. Her story begins when she was taken by one of her relatives to work in the landing site in Mukono. She failed to find a [...]

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Little Mubiru Finally Finds A Home

Posted in Hope Ward, Patients, tagged , on May 17, 2010 |

Mubiru Lwasa has featured in previous Hope Ward News letters. He was beaten, his bones were broken, and he was then starved and locked in a box for months by his father. His father was arrested tried and sent to Luzira prison. But no one was left to care for Mubiru now all alone and [...]

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