The Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon Jacob Marksons Oboth, has today morning flagged off a run in Mbale City in support of CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda.
Speaker Oboth commended the facility for its life saving specialised paediatric brain surgeries and calling for continued support for its work across Uganda and the wider Eastern and Central African region.
Having previously brought a patient to the hospital, the Speaker said he had witnessed firsthand the difference it makes in the lives of children and their families.
He further thanked the runners for their contribution and urged the public to continue raising awareness about CURE Hospital’s life saving work.
CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda is a private, not-for-profit Christian specialty hospital in Mbale, Uganda, that provides pediatric neurosurgery and care.
It was opened in January 19, 2001 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and it focus on pediatric neurosurgery and specialized brain surgery for children.
The Hospital which the only of its kind in Uganda specialises in treating Hydrocephalus, Spina bifida, Brain tumors, Encephalocele and Epilepsy among many others.
The Hospital Capacity features operating rooms, an 18-bed Intensive Care Unit, and Ward beds and performs more than 2,200 surgical procedures each year.
It acts as a Research Teaching Hospital and hosts the CURE Neuro Fellowship Program to train surgeons from around the world and provides medical treatment regardless of a family’s economic status, religion, or ethnicity, while also offering emotional and spiritual support.
