Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK)

Center of Excellence for Endoscopy and Laparoscopic surgery. Established to offer Low cost high quality endoscopy services for all Ugandans

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

40/M presents with a weeks history of chronic diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and fever. Symptoms non responsive to antibiotic cover. Colonoscopy performed revealed findings below. What’s your dx and how would patient be managed. Post intended for learning purposes for medics.

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

Critical View of Safety (CVS) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Here the cystic duct and cystic artery are clipped right before division and removal of gall bladder. In this case the gall bladder had pigment stones causing pain.
Post For medics

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

Bariatric surgery in Uganda

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

Sleeve Gastrectomy: Type of weight loss/Bariatric surgery performed to facilitate weightloss among individuals who fail on diet and exercise. This surgery facilitates upto 70% loss of excess body weight and resolution obesity associated Diabetes and Hypertension. With @KweyambaV

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

50/M with sudden 2 week history of retrosternal chest pain radiating to the back with associated on and off dysphagia. Endoscopy findings below.

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

Terminal ileum diverticular disease is are rare but probable cause of recurrent intermittent abdominal pain and may often be treated as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

@OtemaJames @mbiineron This is @MHKendoscopy

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

Endoscopy services at @MHKendoscopy include:
1. Upper GIT endoscopy
2. Colonoscopy
3. Endoscopic surgeries e.g Polypectomy, ESD, EMR.
4. Oesophageal band ligation
5. Stent placement
6. Gastric balloon for weight loss
7. Hybrid endoscopy-laparoscopy

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

We were greatly honored by Prof. Doruk and Caroline, who paid us are courtesy call and checked out our Laparoscopic surgery simulation training center at MHKendoscopy. We look forward to future collaborations in building capacity for laparoscopic surgery in Uganda. @MHKendoscopy

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

Polypectomy: Removal of small swellings (Polyps) in the colon. The polyps carry a risk of developing cancer.

[Institute of Digestive Diseases @iddstarUg]

The many benefits of endoscopy exemplified here by my colleague @mbiineron . The work before us to extend endoscopy services to every Ugandan is still enormous. Step by step we shall get there.@sugesofficial @drKurigamba1 @ASOU_Official

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

@Nyakubaho_MD @mbiineron @sugesofficial Patient had a Polyp found during routine colonoscopy. They had had a Positive Fecal Occult Blood Test during screening warranting the colonoscopy to find source of the blood. The polyp was found to be the cause and was successfully removed.

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

How Ulcerative colitis looks like on Colonoscopy ⁦@MHKendoscopy⁩ https://t.co/cTQ1TD6zE4

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

MHKendoscopy Suite ready to meet the endoscopy needs of our population. Including screening for GIT diseases such as ulcer, cancers etc…

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

Truly well deserved Prof. Congratulations to you

[Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) @rkalyes1]

Thank you @SemitalaFred .
It is indeed a great pleasure to be elected as the president of a phenomenal research body that @UScientists is.
We welcome every researchers in Uganda to join us.
@DrOribaDan
@DrOtileUg
@dr_evenakato
@Dreadful45
@ACCESS_UG

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

Another intra-gastric weight loss balloon inserted to help our client on her weight loss journey. #MHKendoscopy

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

In the company of truly remarkable and greatly inspiring leaders 💫

[Mbiine Ronald @mbiineron]

Excited to see tremendous gains that our fellows in GIT endoscopy have made over the last couple of months. Keep up the excellence. To training endoscopists for the East African region 💪🏾

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

Oesophageal Stent placement at MHK endoscopy

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

Oesophageal Stent placement at MHK endoscopy

[Metropolitan Health Kampala (MHK) @MHKendoscopy]

Oesophageal band ligation for oesophageal varices. Kit loading onto the endoscope.