The extraced needles from Akamuma’s abdomen Mbarara, Uganda | URN | A team of six health workers at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital took eight hours to operate on Samuel Akamumpa, an 9-year-old boy who was forced to swallow four dozen needles and many pieces of broken pens in Mitooma district. The team comprised of an anesthetist, three pediatric surgeons, and two theater nurses to carry out the successful operation. Dr Deus Twesigye, the lea…
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