Heart, vessel diseases leading cause of deaths, say experts

Heart, vessel diseases leading cause of deaths, say experts
Sunday April 18 2021
Surgeons operate on a patient at the Uganda Heart Institute at Mulago in Kampala on April 17, 2017 . Photos | Rachel Mabala
Summary
Dr Omagino, a cardiac (heart) surgeon, says the institute handles more than 20,000 patients with cardiovascular diseases annually, and that they have performed more than  7,000 heart operations since it started open heart surgery in 2007.
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Diseases of heart and blood vessels have risen to become one of the major causes of illnesses and deaths in the country.
Non-communicable diseases,  including heart diseases, contribute to 40 per cent of deaths in the country, according to Ministry of Health.

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