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The Flip Side becomes a book

Posted in Hope Ward, TB Lab, Volunteers, tagged , on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dr. Grania Brigden (Price) worked at International Hospital Kampala as a volunteer, with VSO, for one year up to September 2008. She and her husband Dan kept their family, friends and supporters up to date on their experiences via their Blog, The Flip Side of the Coin.
The Blog has now become available as a book [...]

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Richard Feinmann on volunteering in Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, Staff, TB Lab, tagged , , on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

What to do when you are a sexagenarian physician who has retired from hospital practice with 40 years in the NHS under your belt and golf/Sudoku not really appealing? Well, my health visitor wife and I applied to Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and I am writing this from a hospital in Kampala, Uganda, where I have [...]

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A Word from Dr Richard

Posted in Hope Ward, tagged , on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hi from Hope Ward in International Hospital Kampala!!
My name is Richard Feinmann. My background is 30 years working in the NHS in the UK and I am working in Hope Ward in partnership with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO).
Since coming, I have already seen so many medical problems; sick little babies, surgical patients, cancer patients, HIV [...]

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Volunteering With International Medical Group

Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged , , on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

At IMG we are committed to our vision to make a difference to health care in Uganda. Our emphasis on quality standards, continuous improvement and excellent services to our patients are the core pillars that inform our practice. We also believe that in a country where there is paucity of skills or skilled personnel, we [...]

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Duncan Smith: Sharing Skills, Changing Lives

Posted in Staff, tagged , on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Duncan is now more than 6 months into his planned 2 year stint as a VSO Nurse Educator working with us at International Hospital Kampala.

He is having a great time and has contibuted so much already.
Read more here…

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Helen Lay: Sharing Skills, Changing Lives

Posted in Staff, Suubi Trust, tagged , on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Helen Lay has just joined us in Kampala as a VSO working with the Finance and Management team. Helen is planing to stay 2 years which is a great commitment…
Helen Lay
I was born in Lusaka, Zambia and lived in Livingstone (near Victoria Falls) until 1974 when my family moved ‘back’ to England – arriving in [...]

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TB Lab Open

Posted in TB Lab, tagged , on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

On Wednesday August 1st we opened the TB Lab. Over the next few months Bosco and the team will continue with training and testing, taking us towards validation and the start of public service.
The new TB Lab has been implemented in one of the existing buildings at the back of International Hospital Kampala:

Dr Mark [...]

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Nurse on a mercy mission to Africa

Posted in Staff, tagged , on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

News article on icSurreyOnline
A NURSE has flown to Uganda to try to make a difference to the health of a nation riddled with HIV, deprived of basic medical care and where life expectancy is 50 years.
Duncan Smith, a cardiology nurse, will spend two years in Africa educating nurses with the aim of leaving a legacy [...]

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Proposed TB Lab at IHK

Posted in TB Lab, tagged , on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Over the last few months a small team at IHK has been investigating the requirements for a new TB Lab. This work has been led by Dr Mark Russell. Mark has been working for the last year as a VSO medical volunteer at the Reach Out Mbuya community HIV programme in Kampala (in real life [...]

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Reach Out Mbuya

Posted in TB Lab, tagged , on June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Mark is a VSO medical volunteer working at the Reach Out Mbuya community HIV programme in Kampala for a year (in real life a GP from Penzance). He is working with Katherine at IMCC to setup a new TB lab.
Take look at Mark’s Blog…in which he writes…
TB is one of the archetypal diseases [...]

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