Mr. Christopher Nsamba, 37, the first Ugandan Engineer to make the largest baby incubator in the country is no more. Nsamba succumbed to diabetes after battling the disease for a while.
According to Mr. Grace Musimami, Nsamba’s close friend, the deceased was over the weekend rushed to UMC Victoria Hospital in Bukoto for medication when the disease reignited, but he, unfortunately, died on Sunday evening.
“He was on Sunday taken to Victoria Hospital. I think he has been trying to manage his diabetes from home. But at around 8 pm, he passed on. His body has been taken to Mulago Hospital mortuary as post-mortem and plans for a burial go on,” Mr. Musimami said.
The Ministry of Health eulogized the deceased as a selfless and exceptional being whose innovativeness in the field of health will be greatly missed by the ministry and country at large.
“The management of the ministry of health is deeply saddened by the passing of Mr. Christopher Nsamba; known for his innovation and installation of 10 baby incubators at Kawempe and Mukono Hospitals. Other innovations are drones, and baby ICUs for ambulances. May his soul rest in eternal peace” reads a statement from the ministry of health.
Who was Christopher Nsamba?
Nsamba, the founder and director of the African Space Research Program is popularly known for his innovation and installation of the world’s largest incubator, dubbed SAVANT X.
He sparked public debate in 2019 when he challenged the policy statement of the Ministry of Science and Technology claiming that they had directed huge funds to support him in developing his incubator and other technologies.
Nsamba largely built this high-tech machine on his own, and it can carry and work on 10 babies at a go. His incubator has saved thousands of premature-born kids in Uganda. Other innovations are drones, and baby ICUs for ambulances.
He was the winner of the Innovation of the Year award for the Heroes In Health Awards 2021.
Some of the specifics of the incubator:
This incubator understands and can make decisions in case of an emergency when medical personnel is not close by. It carries 10 babies at once, in 10 different chambers.
Some babies get brain injuries (Twitches) during birth and they end up with continuously moving body parts, when it is not the baby doing it, for example, the baby can have the hand move back and forth continuously; this can cause the baby to become so tired and die. The machine has a technology which fixes damaged brain cells for neonates.
Some babies delay to breath upon delivery and get dead brain cells, if they survive, they become mentally disabled. This machine has a technology that stops brain cells from dying off if the baby is loaded as quickly as possible.
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