The radiotherapy machine, which is now broken beyond repair, was donated in 1995 This leaves thousands unable to get potentially life-saving treatment.The cancer unit at Mulago Hospital in the capital, Kampala, is now looking for $1.8m (£1.3m) to buy a new machine. It gets 44,000 new referrals a year from Uganda, as well as from neighbouring countries including Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
Around 75% of these may require radiotherapy.The cancer unit is currently talking to the ministry of health to find a way to buy a new machine, but it is not clear when that will happen.