By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer Except in Greater Masaka Region, where Kitovu Mobile is the oasis of palliative care;and in other areas where Palliative Care services are offered,in many parts of Uganda pitiable advanced cancer patients die in pain and with no dignity. Others are abandoned by by their relatives. All
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Cancer; the silent killer eating away Ugandans
Janet Nabadda, 68, a resident of Rwanyi village, Masaka was diagnosed with breast cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) in 2015. She has been unwell since 1990. It has now damaged half of her right breast. Nabadda says it started with high blood pressure when she was 18 years old
Cancer patient,care taker relieved of gross physical and emotional pain
By Moses Muwulya,Communications Officer “I know he will succumb to cancer given the stage, but at least you have helped him defeat the gross physical and emotional pain that had taken toll on him” Pitiable words come from Mary Nakatogo after getting oral morphine for her brother,Edward Mujjuzi. The 29-year-old
How Kitovu Mobile’s Palliative Care is breathing new life into hundreds of terminally ill patients
MASAKA. Before even greeting his visitors from Kitovu Mobile palliative care team, Vincent Luyinda first asks them if they moved with his liquid oral morphine, a drug which relieves cancer patients of pain. “Yes of course. It is something we just cannot forget,” The team replies to Luyinda, a response
Kitovu Mobile braces for community cancer awareness campaign
MASAKA. Cancer is a real silent killer . However, many Ugandans are still ignorant about this disease . They surround it with a lot of misconceptions and this is exacerbated by low early screening uptake hence high cancer mortality. It is upon this background that Kitovu Mobile has buttressed cancer
Kitovu Mobile work stands out during Diocesan Health Assembly
Every year , Masaka Diocese holds a health assembly where all stake holders within the diocese and from the local governments from Masaka sub region meet and deliberate on ways of improving health care services in the nine districts that make up the diocese . This year’s 10th health assembly
Palliative care soothing Luyinda from the double trauma of HIV/Aids and Cancer
Sorrow, tears and psychological pain can swallow you up when you look at Vincent Luyinda. The 32 year- old man is a resident of Misaali, a Masaka Town suburb in Masaka District. He is facing a double jeopardy of braving HIV/Aids and cancer, both dreaded ailments. Luyinda’s left hand
How nutrition and modern farming training are changing lives
Although our visit was expected, Vincent Baakabulindi could not sit and wait for us at his home at Kagezi Village in Kabonera Sub- County, Masaka District. His wife had to call him from the garden where he was planting cabbages. “I’m sorry I couldn’t sit home and wait for you,
Palliative care: Easing the pain of illness for patients
And this became the first journey of seven surgeries that he would undergo in a space of 12 months. The tumour was growing fast, but endless test results showed it was not cancerous. Photos of Okello which his wife showed us, and taken three days before we first met him
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