Uganda Heart Institute becomes independent
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A 40-bed in-patient heart institute, to engage in preventive, curative, educational, rehabilitation and research activities on cardiac diseases has been opened in Mulago Hospital.
The Uganda Heart Institute, which boosts a 12- bed intensive care unit, has been curved out of the hospital.
According to Dr John Omagino, the director of the institute, important aspects like specific training to become a cardiac surgeon and promotional benefits which were ignored while still under Mulago, are to be considered. The institute will offer diagnostic services, surgery and training of staff from different institutions like Makerere University, Kampala International and Nsambya hospitals among others.
On average, it receives 100 patients a day. Though the institute had always been carrying out different types of surgeries, it received public recognition in 2007 after a successful open heart surgery that saw the President Museveni visit it. Last month, the institute carried out the successful heart operation of 102-year-old Ssebowa.
An open heart surgery is between $500-700 (about Shs1 million – Shs 1.5 million) while a closed one is $1,500 (about Shs3 million). Though it has become a separate entity, Dr Omagino assures of its continued relationship with Mulago Hospital.
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