Uganda has only one specialist cardiology unit within the national hospital, located in Kampala and is home to some 300,000 refugees. PAC aims to provide access to Heart Surgery for the rest of the country and to create training facilities to carry on our work.
To provide access to Heart Surgery for the rest of the country and to create training facilities to carry on our work.
PAC aims to conduct simple and complex heart surgeries for children in Uganda – covering both the national population as well as refugee populations. PAC also aims to strengthen the capacity of the cardiac surgery and ease the pressure on the UHI by strengthening the cardiac facilities in other referral hospitals. Provision of training to healthcare workers at district level to spot the clinical signs indicating heart problems.