Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two mentally sick people on Thursday gained access to the Covid-19 treatment centre at Arua Regional Referral Hospital sparking fear among health workers. In March, the management of Arua hospital resolved to relocate more than 20 mentally ill patients from the mental clinic to …
Read More »Arua hospital discharges three COVID-19 patients
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua Regional Referral Hospital has discharged three people after successfully recovering from COVID-19, bringing the number of all those discharged to eight. The three, all adult male truck drivers; two from Oli division and one from Dadamu sub county in Arua district are part …
Read More »Five truck drivers recover from COVID-19, discharged from Arua Hospital
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Tanzanian truck drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from Arua Regional Referral Hospital. They include four drivers who were intercepted in Pakwach on April 24 and one who was intercepted at Vurra Customs on April 25. The official discharge was presided …
Read More »Arua Hospital grappling with staff shortage as COVID-19 fight continues
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua regional referral hospital has been hit by staff shortage amid the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The hospital currently has 308 members of staff out of 360 essential staff to manage the hospital of which 277 are employed by the Ministry of health, …
Read More »Patient numbers drastically drop at Arua hospital as fear for COVID-19 intensifies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a drastic drop in the number of patients and their attendants at Arua Regional Referral Hospital because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the hospital authorities, the number of patients dropped from 340 on Tuesday to 290 on Wednesday evening as the …
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