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Nate Henn 1985 – 2010

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged , , on July 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Nate lost his life in the bombings on Sunday; He worked for Invisible Children to help bring peace and restoration to Northern Uganda, please watch this moving tribute… http://natehenn.com On July 11th, 2010, we lost our friend Nate “Oteka” Henn. Nate dedicated his life to peace and education in central Africa. He worked without pay [...]

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Kampala Bombings: UPDATE Ssemwogerere Francis

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, Volunteers, tagged , , , on July 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Diane, a VSO from the UK, works with us at IHK and on Sunday night she came in to help in ICU. One of her patients, Francis, has just regained consciousness and Diane has sent this message… Today when I went on my daily visit to Francis and a few others in ICU I was [...]

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Kampala Bombings: UPDATE – Patients Treated at IHK

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Foundation, International Medical Group, Suubi Trust, tagged on July 16, 2010 |

Five days after the bombings, there are still 10 patients being treated at IHK (31 were admitted on Sunday night). 3 of these are receiving care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 2 remain very sick on ventilators and 1 is hoping to return to Kenya when she is stable enough for discharge. We have [...]

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Kampala Bombings: Please Support the Victims

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Foundation, International Medical Group, Suubi Trust, tagged , on July 15, 2010 |

Suubi Trust is working with International Medical Foundation to help raise funds and support for the victims of the bombings in Kampala. We are posting updates below about some of those being treated at International Hospital Kampala. IHK is providing, and will continue to provide, such treatments free of charge to those that cannot afford [...]

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Kampala Bombings: Yemane Yohannes

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged on July 15, 2010 |

Yemane Yohannes, 37 year old male Eritrean Yemane came in with injuries to his face – he had a deep cut of his upper lip extending to his right cheek. This was repaired in theatre and he is now stable. He is a refugee and is married with one 7-year old child.

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Kampala Bombings: Lulu Johny

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged , on July 15, 2010 |

Lulu Johny, 31 year old, Eritrean Lulu came in with injuries to his abdomen – he had bled into his abdomen. Following further investigation, he was found to have shrapnel close to his spine between L2 /L3. Late yesterday, after a follow-up review, Dr. Moses brought Lulu back into theatre. He sent us this quick [...]

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Kampala Bombings: Boaz Ahimbisibwe

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged on July 14, 2010 |

Boaz Ahimbisibwe, 31 year old Ugandan male Boaz is an acid-burns survivor. He came in with a penetrating chest wall injury. He is stable at the moment though by the nature of injury, he is undergoing work up to exclude lung injury. He currently lives in Bushenyi, Western Uganda. He is widowed and has 2 [...]

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Kampala Bombings: Eyob Brahane

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged on July 14, 2010 |

Eyob Brahane, 29 year old Eritrean male Eyobu is a refugee in Uganda. He came in with injuries to his abdomen and chest. He had an abdominal operation and is doing well post-operatively. Eyobu is a student at Kampala International University (KIU) He currently lives with friends and has no social or financial support to [...]

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Kampala Bombing (via Kampala Camera)

Posted in Dr. Ian Clarke, International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged on July 14, 2010 |

I’ve just read Phil’s post about the bomb, in which he describes some of the effects of the weapon used and his reaction to this. He includes a comment from Dr. Ian to staff at IHK. As you’ve probably heard by now Kampala was rocked by multiple bomb blasts on Sunday taking over 70 innocent [...]

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Uganda Explosions

Posted in International Hospital Kampala, International Medical Group, tagged on July 14, 2010 |

This from Ap Images:

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