Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is mooting plans to restrict the number of patient caregivers at the facility in a move aimed at lowering costs of utility bills. According to hospital officials, unregulated numbers of patient caregivers spending days at the inpatient wards have over the …
Read More »WHO boosts power supply at Gulu hospital with new generator
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO has delivered a multi-million generator to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital to boost stable electricity supply. The delivery follows concerns on the intermittent power supply coupled with the limited capacity of a standby generator to effectively power some life-saving machines at the …
Read More »Gulu hospital gets new oxygen plant
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has delivered a new oxygen plant to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital to boost oxygen production. The Hospital Director Dr. James Elima, says that a technical team from the health ministry has already surveyed the proposed site for the oxygen site pending the …
Read More »Gulu hospital demanding UGX 509M Covid-19 arrears
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is demanding from the government 509.9 million shillings in arrears accrued from the treatment of Covid-19 and management. Part of the arrears were meant for risk allowances of clinicians, nurses, surveillance teams, hygienists, laboratory technicians, psycho-social counsellors and surveillance team attached …
Read More »Gulu hospital turns antenatal unit into Covid-19 treatment centre
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has turned the antenatal care unit into a new Covid-19 treatment centre. The hospital has for the last three days restricted antenatal services to pregnant women with complications. Dr Norah Nakato, the hospital principal senior nursing officer says that the decision …
Read More »Gulu hospital struggles to treat patients in ICU over power outage
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is struggling to save the lives of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to inconsistent power supply and lack of oxygen. Gulu city has been experiencing persistent power outages since 2013, which has greatly affected the operations of the …
Read More »Lack of incubators at Gulu hospital puts babies at risk
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is grappling with a shortage of incubators for premature babies. Currently, the health facility has only five incubators at the neonatal ward with more than 10 premature babies under care. Florence Oyella Otim, the in-charge of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit …
Read More »Gulu hospital runs out of reagents for testing sickle cell patients
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has run out of reagents for testing sickle cell patients. Over the past years, Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has been facing inconsistent supply of the reagents by the National Medical Stores –NMS and other partners, something that has affected the Sickle …
Read More »Nine health staff dismissed from Gulu hospital COVID-19 treatment unit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine health workers attached to the Coronavirus Treatment Unit- CTU at Gulu Regional Referral hospital have been dismissed without receiving their risk allowances. “As per the the decision of top management, the following service providers are supposed to exit from the CTU and report to …
Read More »Gulu hospital accumulates UGX 260M debt for Covid-19 patient food
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu regional referral hospital is seeking Shillings 260 million to settle a debt resulting from the supply of food for Covid-19 patients. Dr. James Elima, the director Gulu regional referral hospital says they haven’t paid food suppliers for four months. He says the situation has …
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