Uganda starts ‘printing’ of 3D prosthetic limbs

A 3D printed prosthetic limb being made at CoRSU hospital in Uganda. PHOTO | FILE

Ten-year-old John Lomuria would ordinarily be a schoolgoing boy, but he is not. A fire in 2010 left him disabled with his right leg amputated above the knee.

Lomuria hails from the cattle-keeping Karamoja sub-region of northeastern Uganda, and has been spending most of his time watching over the family’s kraal.