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Uganda has established a modern bone marrow transplant (BMT) facility, that will help reduce numbers of patients seeking transplants abroad where they part with  between US$40,000 to $50,000 [about Ug. Shillings 150m-200m] to treat one patient (medical procedure and accommodation during recovery) for at least one month in India, alone. The Ugandan facility, the first-of-the-kind in the nation, has been set up by the State-run Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) at Lubowa, south of Kampala.