KidsOR Partnership Opens Neonatal Surgical Theatre in Mbarara, Uganda

A new KidsOR neonatal surgical theatre opened at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in September, expanding access to lifesaving surgery for the youngest patients in southwestern Uganda. CHESA Fellow alum Felix Oyania, MBChB, MMed, PhD, now Chair of the Department of Surgery at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, celebrated the opening with his team.

KidsOR equips and brightens pediatric operating rooms across Africa and this quarter also brought that work to Oakland, CA. New artwork installations were completed at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland in one of the operating rooms, the children’s surgery waiting area and pre-operative area, and throughout the surgical floor, with a focus on high-traffic and high-anxiety spaces. Patients, families, and staff have been grateful for the donation and the difference it makes to the environment, not least the CHESA faculty and fellows who work at KidsOR sites around the world.