President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on 22nd December 2023 met a group of surgeons from Mulago National Referral Hospital who performed the first-ever Kidney transplant in Uganda at the facility last Wednesday.
The group that paid a courtesy call on President Museveni at State House, Entebbe was led by the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng.
The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng making her remarks at a meeting with Yashoda Hospitals and Mulago referral Hospital officials during a courtesy call after the first ever successful kidney transplant operation in Uganda, the picture was taken at the State House Entebbe on the 22nd December 2023. Photo by PPU/Tony Rujuta.
The Minister informed the President about the historic first-ever organ transplant to the patient- Kiyemba Mark Maurice of Munyonyo, Kampala who received the Kidney that was donated by his brother Steven Mpagi.
The operation was performed by surgeons led by Professor Frank Asiimwe in collaboration with the visiting doctors from Yashoda Hospitals in India led by Dr. A. Sashi Kiran.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a meeting with Yashoda Hospitals and Mulago referral Hospital officials during a courtesy call after the first ever successful kidney transplant operation in Uganda, the picture was taken at the State House Entebbe on the 22nd December 2023. Photo by PPU/Tony Rujuta.
President Museveni congratulated Mulago surgeons and doctors from India for the successful operation.
He also pledged to support them to achieve their desired goals of self-sustainability in both human resources and the required equipment.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a meeting with Yashoda Hospitals and Mulago referral Hospital officials during a courtesy call after the first ever successful kidney transplant operation in Uganda, the picture was taken at the State House Entebbe on the 22nd December 2023. Photo by PPU/Tony Rujuta.
Dr. Aceng thanked President Museveni for his unwavering support to the Ministry of Health but requested additional assistance in training more kidney specialists and transplant surgeons and providing modern equipment.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in a meeting with Yashoda Hospitals and Mulago referral Hospital officials during a courtesy call after the first ever successful kidney transplant operation in Uganda, the picture was taken at the State House Entebbe on the 22nd December 2023. Photo by PPU/Tony Rujuta.
