Wednesday November 30, 2011, the Rotary Club of Kajjansi recieved the Gidft of Life Medical Team. The team is here to carryout open heart surgery to 10 children.
Due to the high cost of heart surgeries world wide, the Rotary Club of Kampala North and Kajjansi, together with a team of visiting surgeons from from Riley Children's Hospital Indiana USA have been holding a one-week long open heart surgery camp at Mulago Hospital Heart Institute.
The guests are delighted to taste Luwombo
As part of this camp, ten (10) children are beneffiting from the free open-heart surgeries that started on November 28th till December 2nd 2011 courtesy of The Capacity Building Missions, sponsored by Rotary, Gift Of Life (GOL) and MOGUS. The cost of such surgeries is over $20,000 (50 million shillings), but The Missions are making this possible at a reduced fee of about USD 2500.
The Capacity building Missions are part of the bigger program i.e. 'Our Hearts are in Uganda' program an initiative by GOLI aimed at building capacity of Ugandan surgeons in order to develop a sustainable Paediatric cardiac surgery program in Uganda. At the end of this program 2013, Ugandan doctors should be able to perform complex surgeries on their own at the Uganda Heart Institute Mulago. This will make surgeries cheaper and more accessible to the Ugandan population. Now over 2000 children on waiting list
The Rotary Clubs of Kampala North and Kajjansi are reinforcing Rotary’s motto, service above self which holds the humanitarian spirit at all times. With this background, they believe that being part of saving the lives of four (4) children will make a difference in the community in which Rotary operates.
PAG Charles Kulibanza Byanyima, welcomed the team to Kajjansi and requested them to feel at home.
In his speech the Executive Director of Gift of Life, Rob Raylman appreciated the work done by the Rotary Club of Kajjansi and also praised MOGAS for the donating $10,000 towards this noble cause.
