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Uganda:
Cancer - Players to Be Screened at Nakivubo
Monitor, 14 April 2016
A week after the exceedingly amiable Abel Dhaira was laid to rest following a failed battle with cancer; hundreds of footballers are set to undergo screening for the scourge this… Read more »
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Uganda:
NTV Constructs Shed at Mulago Cancer Centre
Monitor, 14 April 2016
NTV has completed construction of a waiting shed at the Uganda Cancer Institute at Mulago hospital in memory of fallen journalist Rosemary Nankabirwa. Read more »
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Uganda:
Government Deposits Money on New Radiotherapy Machine
Observer, 13 April 2016
The government has said that following a breakdown of the old Cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine last month, the operations of Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) will be affected by a… Read more »
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Uganda:
New Cancer Machine to Be Ready in One Year
Observer, 13 April 2016
The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and its Radiotherapy department have been in the news after the country's only Cobalt-60 radiation machine, used in managing cancer, broke down. Read more »
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Uganda:
Stop Shouting About Cancer Machine - Can't You Be Patient?
Observer, 13 April 2016
The past two weeks have been very irritating. This noise from all corners about the spoilt radiotherapy machine at Mulago hospital, and that we should repair or buy another, has… Read more »
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Uganda:
17,000 Ugandans to Miss Out On Cancer Treatment - Expert
Monitor, 13 April 2016
Radiotherapy is an important modality in treating cancer and absence of a radiotherapy machine leaves patients with locally advanced cancer in great pain, Dr M. Arunlal, an Indian… Read more »
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Uganda:
CSOs Ask Government to Urgently Replace Cancer Machine
Monitor, 14 April 2016
Civil society organisations spearheading cancer treatment have urged government to treat the replacement of the radiotherapy machine as "a matter of urgency". Read more »
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Uganda:
That Uganda 'Cancer' Machine - Can't We Natives Run World-Class Healthcare?
Monitor, 13 April 2016
Last week, it was reported, Uganda's only radiotherapy machine used for treating cancer at Mulago Hospital finally gave up the ghost. Read more »
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Uganda:
Cancer Patients to Wait for Two Years
Monitor, 11 April 2016
About 2,000 cancer patients in need of radiotherapy treatment in Uganda will have to wait for about two years to receive relief from unbearable pain following a breakdown of an old… Read more »
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Uganda:
Cancer Patients Go Home to Die
Observer, 11 April 2016
What next for radiotherapy patients? Read more »
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Uganda:
What Would Magufuli Do About Mulago Radiotherapy Machine?
Observer, 11 April 2016
President Museveni recently attracted comparisons with Tanzania's trending leader John Pombe Magufuli, when he made an impromptu visit to Mulago national referral hospital, which… Read more »
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Uganda:
We Need Interventions to Save Cancer Patients
Monitor, 11 April 2016
About three weeks ago, the radiotherapy machine at the national cancer institute broke down. This is bad news for the country given that on a daily basis, the department receives… Read more »
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Uganda:
Mulago Cancer Machine Breaks Down
Monitor, 8 April 2016
Cancer patients receiving radiotherapy treatment at Mulago hospital may have to wait until next year when the new cobalt 60 radiation machine will be installed, after the old one… Read more »