Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a disagreement between the management of Arua Regional Referral Hospital, Arua district and city leadership over the supervision of the facility. Recently, the hospital management turned away a team of officials from Arua city and district who had gone to monitor service delivery …
Read More »West Nile leaders demand for action to recover missing ambulance
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from West Nile are demanding for immediate action to recover the ambulance which went missing in March. The ambulance belonging to Arua Regional Referral Hospital went missing from the hospital parking yard. The hospital authorities realized that the Toyota Land Cruiser ambulance registration number …
Read More »Arua hospital director in trouble over missing ambulance
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The director of Arua Regional Referral Hospital, Dr. Filbert Nyeko is in trouble over failure to recover an ambulance that went missing nearly three months ago. The Toyota Land Cruiser ambulance belonging to Arua Regional referral hospital, Reg. No. UG 6812M was discovered missing from …
Read More »Delayed completion of Arua hospital satellite laboratory irks leaders
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Arua district have expressed concern about the delay to complete the construction of a new satellite laboratory at Arua Regional Referral Hospital. The contract for the satellite lab was awarded to Alliance Technical Services Limited with funding from the World Bank through the Ministry …
Read More »Ten COVID patients left in communities as Arua hospital runs out of space
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is anxiety among health and local officials in Arua district, following reports that the COVID-19 treatment facility has run out of space. Newly tested positive cases have now been left in their communities, and not yet linked to care. This is according to a …
Read More »Five more radio Pacis staff test positive for COVID-19
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Five more staff of Radio Pacis in Arua city have tested positive for COVID-19 triggering tension among management and staff. This brings to ten, the number of staff at the station that has tested positive for COVID-19 within a week. The five are part of Radio …
Read More »Minister Moriku irked by poor laboratory services at Arua Referral Hospital
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Primary Health Care Minister, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu has expressed disappointment over the poor services in the laboratory of Arua Regional Referral Hospital. She expressed her displeasure while inspecting the state of art laboratory with officials from the National Laboratory Services and Health Ministry. …
Read More »UPDF officers discover dumped body of baby in Arua hospital compound
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shock gripped UPDF officers and and people at Arua regional referral hospital on Saturday afternoon after the body of a baby was discovered dumped in the hospital compound behind a ward. The body of the baby suspected to be one-week old, was discovered during a …
Read More »Arua conjoined twins not separable- Mulago Doctors
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | According to Mulago Women and Neonatal Hospital, the pair of twins that was referred from Arua Regional Referral Hospital cannot be separated Doctors at the Mulago Women and Neonatal hospital have refuted claims that they sent away a pair of conjoined twins due to failure …
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