4 , Monday, December 5, 2011 NATIONAL NEWS 120 children get heart surgery CORRECTION COLUMN PPU PHOTO By VISION REPORTER

Over 120 children have so far undergone total corrective open-heart surgery at the Heart Institute (UHI) since its establishment at National Referral Jovia Agondeze (above) Hospital. is not HIV-positive as we This has been as a result reported on Friday on of a partnership between the Page 7. She is a member Ministry of Health Uganda, of the Coalition of Wom- the Uganda Heart institute, Rotary International and Gift en and Girls Infected and of Life International. Affected by HIV/AIDS. The partners who are in She is affected, not in- the process of developing a fected. sustainable paediatric surgery programme at the Institute aim to have 100 Ugandan children operated on by Ugandan doctors annually. Police advises In his report to the First Lady and Karamoja affairs holidaymakers minister Janet Museveni during her visit to the institute on Thursday, the By AGNES NANTAMBI UHI director, Dr. John Omagino, said conducting The Police has warned open-heart surgery at the Mrs. Museveni poses for a group picture with visiting doctors at the Uganda Heart Institute holiday makers against Institute is cheaper than going to places where they that carried out abroad and the construction of a cardiac Rotary Foundation of Rotary determined and committed. to join the Rotary fraternity are not sure of their safety. also has multiplier effects catheterisation laboratory International, rotary clubs of Mrs. Museveni so as to effectively fulfil the “Holiday-makers are tar- of capacity building for and theatre is completed in Kajjansi and , MOGAS acknowledged that the mission of helping the less gets to criminals especially Ugandan doctors. February 2012. and Gift of Life International. institute still had many fortunate. defilers and child traffick- Heart surgery at the Janet Museveni visited the The First Lady lauded the challenges, but assured The First Lady was ers,” the Police deputy Institute costs sh14m institute during an Open collaboration which she the medical personnel that accompanied by the Executive spokesperson, Judith Na- compared to sh56m abroad. Surgery Skills Transfer said has enabled open-heart when the country’s economy Director Mulago Hospital bakooba, said. About 700 children with workshop where volunteer surgery to be carried out. improves, staff emoluments Complex, Dr. Byarugaba Nabakooba was speak- heart disease are on the doctors from the Riley She said this initiative will also improve. Baterana, the Rotary Country ing at a school safety waiting list for open-heart Hospital for Children joined by different people and She pledged her continued chair for Uganda Dr. Margaret awareness drive at surgery. However, the UHI Ugandan doctors at the organisations reflects how support to the Institute’s Mungherera, the Executive Primary School organised only has the capacity to institute in carrying out much can be achieved when endeavours. Director Gift of Life, Rob by the Parents Brigade. conduct 100 open-heart surgery on children. determined people come The Minister of State for Raylman and Dr. Amandua She said places like vid- surgery operations annually. The week-long capacity together to accomplish a Lands and president of from the Ministry of Health eo halls and beaches are Dr. Omagino said the building project for the UHI vision. She added that her the Rotary Club of Bukoto, plus medical personnel not safe for holidaymak- need for referrals abroad which started on November visit was intended to motivate Sarah Opendi, emphasised from the Heart Institute and ers. will reduce by 85% when 27, is supported by the all stakeholders to be more the need for more people Rotarians. Nabakoba warned that as the Police continue its operations, it will monitor holiday-makers involved DIPPSI READY MIX CONCRETE in dubious activities. Centrally Located on Plot 138/140 7th Street contract was badly negotiated She advised girls to re- port anybody trying to Leave all your concrete worries to us. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 However, the MPs on the ad ernment would be the loser molest them during the hoc committee have insisted whether it initiated termina- holidays. WE DELIVER READYMIX CONCRETE generation and related ex- UMEME has not performed to tion of the agreements or not. “Don’t allow men to touch AT YOUR DOORSTEP. penditures since 2005. By the its expectations. Signed in 2004, the concession you even if it is your father time the agreement was nego- According to the MPs, the is set to run for 20 years. or grand parents,” she em- 4 1 . *0$$#-1 ('03 tiated, the energy situation in Electricity Regulatory Author- Kajara was asked to justify phasised. 4  /0#$('2$.31,0+ the country was bleak and the ity left UMEME to determine the Government’s continued Meanwhile, the execu- 200 M3 a day Government didn’t have the power supply and tariff collec- expenditure on subsidies even tive director of the Parents 4 %%+.# !($. 0$/ resources to mitigate the situ- tion. when UMEME is failing to re- Brigade, Edga Barigye, 4 1),/ 2 '( !($0+ ation,” Kajara said. The energy probe commit- duce power tariffs. urged parents to watch the ('%01,0+/0+.'$/ He was responding to que- tee chairperson, Jacob Oboth, In his response, he conceded, movements and behaviour #'.$"0(3 ries by MPs who questioned recently said UMEME having saying the impact was grave of their children during For more information contact: the “iniquitous clauses” in the an upper position in the power and that the Government the long holidays. UMEME agreement that com- distribution contract could be was struggling to pay the He noted that with the Mr. Mahesh Parekh, 0712 715100 mit the Government to colos- the reason power tariffs have money. continued threats from Mr. K. Abdul Nasser, 0712 400236 sal compensation to UMEME increased to the detriment of Kajara said the money if child traffickers and ter- in case it incurs losses or its many Ugandans. wisely invested would fund the rorist, children are targets Mr. Pravin Thanj, 0712 230604 concession is terminated even MPs heard that the conces- construction of Karuma and while girls can easily be E-mail:[email protected] when it breaches its contrac- sion agreements were drafted other mini-hydroelectricity lured into early sex. tual obligation. in such a way that the Gov- dams. MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT

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