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Richard Feinmann, Chest Physician, Uganda

Posted in Volunteers, tagged , on December 12, 2009 | Comments Off

The following was originally posted on the VSO website. Chest physician Richard Feinmann is volunteering with VSO in Uganda, where life expectancy is just 51 and over a third of the population live in poverty. Here Richard describes some of the challenges facing patients and why exposure to these challenges is so crucial for UK [...]

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Hope Ward Fun Run 2009 “I’m running for Hope”

Posted in Fund Raising, Hope Ward, tagged , , on December 7, 2009 | Comments Off

Sunday November 15th 2009 saw over 300 runners gathered at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala to take part in the Hope Ward Fun Run. Many were taking the opportunity to preview the 10km course for the following week’s MTN marathon. The day was an enormous success with UGX 3,320,000 (GBP 1,072) raised through generous donations from [...]

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Dr. Richard trains 83 volunteers.

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Touch Namuwongo, Volunteers, tagged , , on August 24, 2009 | Comments Off

This week Dr. Richard provided TB training for local volunteers in preparation for Phase 2 of our TB programme. Interesting day yesterday. I have mentioned our HIV outreach clinic “Touch Namuwongo”.Since TB and HIV are interlinked the 110 community volunteer workers from Touch came for training about TB. I don’t think I’ve ever done a [...]

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The Flip Side becomes a book

Posted in Hope Ward, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, Volunteers, tagged , on July 10, 2009 | Comments Off

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 [...]

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Richard Feinmann on volunteering in Hope Ward

Posted in Hope Ward, Staff, TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , , on March 24, 2009 | Comments Off

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 | Comments Off

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 [...]

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Volunteering With International Medical Group

Posted in Suubi Trust, tagged , , on April 5, 2008 | Comments Off

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 | Comments Off

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 – [...]

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TB Lab Open

Posted in TB Diagnostics and Treatment, tagged , on August 17, 2007 | Comments Off

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 [...]

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