The Patient. Olive Kobusingye

now how to find the money to get the unit together.”

      Rotarian Robert Ssebunya had been in exile in Nairobi, and he had seen the work of the Kenya Heart Foundation. On returning home after the 1986 change in government, he set about creating the Uganda Heart Foundation fashioned after the Kenyan one. Omaswa had been a natural ally, and the two had had several meetings with a few other people to give direction to the Foundation. It was to this group that Omaswa now turned to find the resources to give life to his dream. Some wealthy Asian patients made contributions, but the grant that really set them firmly on their way was US$350,000 from Rotary International. They renovated the dilapidated buildings and turned them into wards, built and equipped the operating theatre, bought a top-of-the-range Echocardiogram, and recruited staff. The Uganda Heart Institute was born. The rest was paperwork.10

      Prof. Paul D’Arbela, first Ugandan cardiologist.

      Monitor Publications Limited.

      Prof. Josephine Namboze (first Ugandan female medical graduate

      1959). Makerere University School of Public Health 2019.

      Dr. Rosemary Bagenda (second Ugandan female

      medical graduate 1965) DS Archives

      Prof. Charles Olweny, first Ugandan Head of

      Uganda Cancer Institute. Prof. Olweny

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      Prof. Richard Bwogi Kanyerezi. Monitor Publications Limited.

      Prof. Sebastian Kyalwazi, first Ugandan surgeon.

      Prof. Ian McAdam. Albert Cook Library, College

      of Health Sciences, Makerere University

      On 20 December 1988, President Museveni visited Mulago Hospital. The staff of the hospital gathered in Davies Lecture Theatre to listen to him. The President was dapper in a stylish suit and tie and, if a little cocky in his speech, had an infectious optimism about him. This was the boardroom president; the bush guerrilla fighter was gone. He captivated the nurses and doctors with his plans, which reflected a passion for the rapid development of the country, after decades of mismanagement and neglect.