George Galliwango and Martin Tungotyo in New York!
21st November, 2015
George Galliwango (plastic and reconstructive surgeon at CoRSU hospital) and Martin Tungotyo (plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Mbarara hospital) have been on a reconstructive microsurgery course at the Langone Medical Center, New York City. Interface funded their travel for the course. Both CoRSU hospital and Mbarara hospital will benefit from their experience – meeting and learning from some world-renowned specialists. Have a look at their report:
Great linking of charities to help people with cleft lips and palates
19th November, 2015
Fantastic news about Lucy – funded to have a cleft lip repair by Interface Uganda Thank you for sharing your photo and story with us.
This is from Amigos Worldwide (Kira Farm), who wrote this on our facebook page:
Lucy is part of an Amigos’ farming group in Gulu. She was born with a cleft lip and we were keen to help her receive medical attention. Since Amigos is more into seeds than surgery we decided to seek help on [...]
Equipment for the therapy department at CoRSU Hospital
2nd November, 2015
More equipment on its way to Christine Tusiime (head of therapy at CoRSU hospital in Kampala). Thank you to the physios at RD&E hospital for collecting it – mostly splints that have had one patient use that we are unable to use again, but are still in good condition, and certainly re-usable. Also, we have sent out some new splinting material that is used mainly after hand surgery to protect tendon repairs and fractured bones (a pack of 15 sheets [...]