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Dec 2022
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Is Uganda ready to start performing orga...

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DISCLAIMER: This episode originally aired on 18 August 2022.

In recent years Uganda has made great progress in treating patients with kidney failure.

They can now receive dialysis at several hospitals, which can sustain their health for many years.

But for those who need a kidney transplant, for the time being they have no option but to travel overseas.

Doctors at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala have been working to make transplants possible on Ugandan soil.

But with no legal framework for organ donation in place, changing the law is also part of their plans.

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