President Yoweri Museveni has\ntold a Polish investment delegation that the Government has accepted their\nplans to establish a highly specialized teaching hospital in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President was speaking in\na meeting with the visiting Chairman of a Polish-based organization known as Foundation\n\u2013 Light for Africa, Mr. Julius Zellah and his delegation, who called on him\nyesterday at State House, Entebbe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This is very good. This\nhospital could be a teaching institution since you are linked to a Professor\nfrom Makerere University. I approve and I welcome you. The government will get\nyou the land and we shall arrange with the Ministry of Finance for a soft loan\nfor the project,” the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Zellah, on his\npart, revealed that the specialized hospital, to be a centre for training and\nresearch for Makerere University, will be constructed using a soft loan from\nthe Government of Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professor Charles Ibingira\nof Makerere University College of Health Sciences said the hospital will serve\nas a training facility for Makerere University medical students on internship modules,\nadding that the facility will go a long way in de-congesting Mulago Referral Hospital\nwhere medical students on internship are currently being handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also revealed that\nthe hospital will handle complicated medical conditions like bone marrow\ntransplant, among others, that usually make Ugandans spend a lot of money\nseeking for specialized treatment in India and other countries abroad.\n\nState Minister for Privatization and Investment, Hon. Evelyn Anite,\namong others, attended the meeting. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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