MRC NEWSLETTER

Wad Onsa Regional Mycetoma Centre Laboratory inauguration

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Wad Onsa Regional Mycetoma Centre Laboratory, at Eastern Sennar locality, Sennar State was inaugurated on Thursday 9th, January 2020 by HE the Governor of Sennar State, Sudan. The laboratory was established by a kind donation from DNDi.  The laboratory is

equipped with reasonable equipment for necessary microbiological and molecular testing with excellent storage facility. The laboratory technologist will be trained at the Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC), Khartoum on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice and other molecular and mycology techniques.3

The Wad Onsa Regional Mycetoma Centre is also equipped with a new Ultrasound machine, and that was supported by the DNDi. These imaging and laboratory equipment will improve the quality of medical service offered by the center and help in patient’s recruitment for the mycetoma treatment clinical trial currently going on at the MRC.  6

It is pertinent to mention that Dr Hago, Consultant Surgeon, Assistant Professor, Sennar University, a leading surgeon at Sennar was appointed a new Wad Onsa Regional Mycetoma Centre Director due to his vast experience in surgery and administration to lead more Centre development and expansion.  

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