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Dr. Peter Piot Applauds the Uganda Cancer Institute for a Job Exceedingly Well-done
The Director London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
and former Executive Director of
UNAIDS, Dr. Peter Piot has paid
tribute to the men and women
working to serve Ugandans
afflicted with different forms of
cancer in Uganda. Touring the
Uganda cancer Institute at
Mulago, Dr. Piot who was in the
country as part of the BBC
Science Festival could not believe
the number of patients who were
waiting to be served, yet the
health workers remained
professional, calm and
welcoming.
Dr. Piot was accompanied by Dr. Heidi Larson Senior Lecturer Faculty of Epidemiology nd
Population Health, Sir John Savill, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Research Council, UK and
also Dean, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburg. Others
were Dr. Anatoli Kamali and Dr. Pontiano Kaleebu of the Medical Research Council/Uganda
Virus Research Institute.
The Director Uganda Cancer Institute, Dr. Jackson Orem, informed the visitors that the
Institute was expecting to start an expansion of its facilities in the near future. He also
pointed out that there are efforts to migrate from manual record management to digital
which makes management of patients and follow up a lot easier, faster and hassle-free. This
also reduces waiting time for the
patients, Dr. Orem said.
Dr. Orem informed the visitors that although there are two ways of accessing medication at
the Uganda Cancer Institute, (private which is more expensive) and public (which is free or
subsidized), this does not mean that those receiving free or subsidized treatment is poor
quality.
Other areas visited during the brief tour included the Department of Microbiology, School
of Biomedical Sciences, the Infectious Diseases Institute and the Malaria Sub-programme at
the College of Health Sciences.