Uganda-2012 CardioStart announces our 2012 inaugural mission to Uganda, Africa, November 4 –16. We invite you to participate on this team. This is both an adult and pediatric surgical mission. As part of the mission, we will assist the Mulago University Hospital (MUH) in their 5-year development plan to establish pediatric heart surgery and cardiology intervention services.

To date, MUH has made advances in pediatric cardiac evaluation and surgery, and the evolution of a cardiac catheter laboratory. CardioStart’s volunteers can assist in the development of a self-sustaining program.

Volunteers experienced in either adult or pediatric heart surgery and care are invited to register for consideration..

Recently, two 40-foot cargo containers of medical equipment and disposable supplies valued at more than one million dollars has been shipped from CardioStart’s Tampa headquarters in preparation of this mission.