- DR. Margraret Mungherea is dead.
Mungherera died in India where she had traveled for specialized treatment and by the time of her death.
She retired in 2015 as a senior consultant psychiatrist at Uganda national referral hospital Mulago.
She served as the president of the World Medical Association from October 2013 until October 2014
The president of the Uganda Medical Association Dr Fred Biso confirmed the gloomy news noting that she succumbed to cancer.
Who is Dr Margaret Mungherera?
She was born Tororo district (Butaleja dsistrict) in the eastern region and she was one of five siblings, four of whom are medical doctors.
She attended Nakasero Primary School and Gayaza High School for her elementary and secondary education. In 1977, she was admitted to Makerere University to study human medicine. She graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. After one year of internship at the Mulago national referral hospital, she attended the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she obtained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 1984. In 1992, she obtained a Master of Medicine in psychiatry from Makerere University. Her chosen field of concentration was forensic psychiatry.
From 1992 until 2000, she worked as a registrar at the Butabika national referral hospital, responsible for forensic services and from 2000 until 2003, she was a consultant psychiatrist at the Mulago National Referral Hospital and was responsible for forensic services. Since 2003, she had served as a senior consultant psychiatrist at the Mulago Hospital Complex, responsible for psychiatric emergency services. Since 2012, she had been the clinical head of the Directorate of Medical Services (Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry) at the Mulago National Referral Hospital. After 31 years of continuous service, Mungherera retired from civil service effective 30 June 2015.
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