On the brink of the world: faces and stories from Lacor, Uganda


During the event ‘On the brink of the world: faces and stories from Lacor, Uganda’, Humanitas University hosted Dominique Atim Corti and Daniela Condorelli, President and Head of Communication of the Fondazione Corti.

The open talk began with an introduction and some questions to our guests by the medical students. Corti then told about the birth, evolution and current management of the St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor. Condorelli then presented the graphic novel ‘Lucille of the Acholi’, an illustrated account of the life of Lucille Teasdale – surgeon and mother of Dominique Atim Corti.

HUMANITAS GROUP

Humanitas is a highly specialized Hospital, Research and Teaching Center. Built around centers for the prevention and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular, neurological and orthopedic disease – together with an Ophthalmic Center and a Fertility Center – Humanitas also operates a highly specialised Emergency Department.