Uganda, Feb. 13 -- The family of a disabled 22-year-old girl in Gatongana ward, Nsinze Town Council, Namutumba District, is seeking Shs15m to enable her undergo a second open heart surgery at Mulago National Referral Hospital.

Saidah Kasubo, a Senior Six student of Sure Prospect Senior Secondary School in Entebbe municipality, was diagnosed with an atrial septal defect (AS), a hole in the wall of her heart (atria) when she was three years old, according to her father, Majid Gakoolyo.

Gakoolyo says the condition, which was characterised by "sweating under chilly temperature," started when she was aged 2, and was mistaken for malaria.

But he says the condition worsened when Kasubo was approaching 5 years in October 22, 2007.

She was tak...