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Speaking at a media session held on Friday a head of the World Hypertension day to be marked next week, Dr James Kayima, a Consultant Cardiologist at the Institute says their most recent estimates show that between 25% and 30% of Ugandans are battling high blood pressure.
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
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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.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 02 2021
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You must take deliberate steps if you want to brand yourself. People must know you for something. Of course, many people are known for despicable things but you must not choose that path because it will never take you far, writes
Eronie Kamukama.
They say first impressions last. I recently had a conversation with James Kayima on marketing a business, but as we concluded he told me: “The way you are dressed, if I was your customer and you brought me a quotation of Shs10m, I doubt I would give it to you. Not that you are not smart, you just need look like you’re from the high-end group, look like the money you are asking for. The phone you hold matters and so does the hair, shoes and clothes you wear. That is all personal branding.”