By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
Uganda’s first ever kidney transplant patient has been discharged today, 5th January, 2024 after a successful operation that was carried out on 20th December, 2023.
The patient, who had been on dialysis for the last two years, underwent a kidney transplant on December 20th, 2023.
The first ever Kidney transplant was conducted at Mulago National Referral Hospital together with specialists from Yashoda Hospital in India. This marks the beginning of the Kidney transplant program in Uganda.
The historic patient is 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.
On 24th December, 2023, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met and held discussions with the group of surgeons from Mulago National Referral Hospital who performed the first ever kidney transplant in Uganda at the facility.
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.
President Museveni congratulated Mulago surgeons as well as doctors from India for the successful operation.
He also pledged to support them in achieving their desired goals of self-sustainability in both human resources and the required equipment.
