Obituary: Dr Lou Joseph Bosco

Author(s): Editorial Team

Dr Lou Joseph Bosco died in northern Uganda after a short illness on 19 January, 2024. Born on 5 July 1986, Dr Lou hailed from the Leri Pasobe Clan, Nyargang Boma of Kansuk Nyepo Payam in Kajokeji County.

He studied for his O level certificate in 2002 to 2005 at Comboni Senior Secondary School, Lomin, Uganda, and sat for his A level certificate at Moyo Senior Secondary School between 2006 – 2007.

Dr Lou went on to study medicine at the University of Bahr el Ghazal in 2008, but took a break from 2011 to 2014. He went back to the university and graduated in 2017. He did all his internship training in Wau Teaching Hospital, except for paediatrics which he did at Al Sabah Children Hospital in Juba.

From 2018 to 2022, Dr Lou worked as a medical doctor at the Millennium Medical Clinic in Juba. In 2023 until his death, he worked at the Mundari Hospital in Kajo Keji, South Sudan.

Dr Lou Joseph was married and had a 9-years old daughter.