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Catholic Church Reveals What Killed Archbishop Lwanga

The Archbishop of Kampala, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga

The late Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga

The late Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga succumbed to Ischemic heart disease following coronary heart thrombosis, according to a post-mortem report from Mulago national referral hospital.

“This means a heart attack that is due to a blood clot that was found inside the artery that supplies blood to the heart,” Dr Andrew Ssekitoleko, the prelate’s personal physician said through a report explaining the cleric’s tragic demise.

In a statement read to mourners in the cross-shaped Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala, Dr Ssekitoleko,  who also was the first doctor at the death scene told the congregation that the condition kills within a space of 3-5 minutes.

“When I found His Grace (Dr Lwanga), there was no sign that he had struggled,” Dr Ssekitoleko added.

According to Dr Ssekitoleko, the post-mortem was carried out at Mulago hospital mortuary by at least four senior pathologists in the presence of four witnesses; two of whom were representatives of the family and two physicians delegated by the church.

The post-mortem report read in Church Monday afternoon further revealed that Dr Lwanga had a history of heart complications.

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