{"id":7838,"date":"2012-11-20T20:19:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T20:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=7838"},"modified":"2012-11-20T20:19:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T20:19:34","slug":"surgery-dot-com-part-two-visits-mulago-hospital-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=7838","title":{"rendered":"Surgery Dot Com Part Two visits Mulago Hospital, Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

NearFm volunteer Niamh Griffin travelled to Uganda in September to meet with surgeons and interns who train with the help of Irish surgeons.<\/em><\/p>\n

Irish surgeons at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland in Dublin have developed a website called \u2018School for Surgeons\u2019 which gives interns access to online training. This exciting project runs in 9 African countries, and is funded by Irish Aid.<\/p>\n

In the 3-part documentary which airs on Tuesday November 13th<\/sup>, November 20th<\/sup>\u00a0and November 27th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0at 6pm you meet the Ugandan surgeons and find out why they need this website.<\/p>\n

Tonight Annet Iredale from Kampala came to NearFM to talk about her memories of Mulago Hospital. She also talked about her experiences of maternity wards in Ugandan and compared this to Ireland.<\/p>\n

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Photo shows patients’ clothing drying on the lawns at Mulago, pic\u00a0\u00a0Daudi Ssebaggala , SDS Productions, Kampala.<\/p>\n

Niamh\u2019s trip to Uganda was supported by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Simon Cumbers was an Irish journalist who was killed while working for the BBC in Saudi Arabia in 2004, at the age of 36.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can read more about Simon Cumbers here:\u00a0<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2004\/jun\/08\/broadcasting.guardianobituaries<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

And about the media fund here:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/www.simoncumbersmediafund.ie\/<\/wbr><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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NearFm volunteer Niamh Griffin travelled to Uganda in September to meet with surgeons and interns who train with the help of Irish surgeons. Irish surgeons at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland in Dublin have developed a website called \u2018School for Surgeons\u2019 which gives interns access to online training. This exciting project runs in 9 […]<\/p>\n

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Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a> (27.6MB)<\/p>

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