Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has been battling blood shortage for the past three weeks exposing the lives of patients in need of blood transfusion to danger. Unconfirmed reports from the hospital show that 19 patients died last week within 72 hours, some due to lack …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is looming blood shortage in Western Region Blood bank in Mbarara district. The blood bank supplies blood to 16 districts that make up Kigezi region, greater Mbarara and greater Bushenyi, Kasese, and Rakai district. Dr. Andrew Byamungu, in-charge of the blood bank, says …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An acute blood shortage has hit Kalangala Health Center IV. Micheal Suuna, a medical officer at Kalangala Health Center IV says the facility lacks blood for any emergency that may occur. The facility receives an average of three women each day in need of …
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By Stephen Kafeero Uganda is currently engulfed in a blood shortage crisis with deaths being reported across the country and Mulago heart institute suspending all major operations. In her statement to the press, the minister of state for Health in charge of primary health care, Sarah Opendi, attributed the current …
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