Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of St. Kizito-Matany hospital in Napak district is seeking 600 million Shillings to treat bullet-wound patients. The hospital is currently registering an increasing number of patients with gunshot wounds due to the escalation of insecurity in the region. Dr. John Bosco Nsubuga, the …
Read More »URA enforcement officer assaults motorcyclist in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A young man is receiving treatment at Arua Regional Referral hospital after being shot by an enforcement officer from Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. The gunshot victim is Philliam Angoni from Nyio village in Arua district. He was shot on Sunday evening near Opia health center 3. …
Read More »Gunmen kill traffic officer in Nakapiripirit
Nakapiripirit, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A traffic officer attached to Nakapiripirit police station has succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained in an attack by unidentified gunmen on Monday morning. Fahad Kyaliyawula was shot together with his wife at dawn on Monday near Lokali bridge at Moroto – Nakapiripirit border …
Read More »Jinja Hospital registering increase in gunshot wound, stab injuries
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Hospital is reporting an increase in gunshot and stab injuries. This was revealed by Dr Angella Namala, the hospital Deputy Director during a virtual meeting held by the Makerere University School of Public Health on Wednesday. Namala notes that their causality ward has …
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