Aloka Trevor’s new body of work navigates the turbulent journey of caring for his mother as she undergoes treatment of cancer while shedding light on finding beauty in brokenness. ARTS | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Naturally, art is supposed to trigger emotions in the viewer’s heart and soul. It is meant …
Read More »More lives saved as Lira Hospital grows specialist staff in last five years
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a striking transformation over the past five years, Lira Regional Referral Hospital has increased its number of medical specialists from just two to 17, enabling the facility to provide advanced life-saving services such as intensive care, dialysis, and cancer management. The Acting Hospital …
Read More »Seven killed in South Sudan hospital and market bombing, charity says
The hospital is the only one in Fangak County, which has a population of more than 110,000 people ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | At least seven people have been killed after a hospital and market were bombed in South Sudan, a medical charity has said, as fears grow of a return to …
Read More »‘The Hospital of the East’ can regain its glory
Dr Okoth: We need to change a situation where a cross- section of our people in the Eastern Uganda are forced to remain home to die when faced with the need to seek more sophisticated medical treatment by travelling to Kampala – or Nairobi. COMMENT | DR ANTHONY OKOTH NDIRA …
Read More »ARCHBISHOP OBBO: Fundraising marks a crucial step toward revitalizing St Anthony Hospital Tororo
COMMENT | ARCHBISHOP DR EMMANUEL OBBO | I thank the Executive and Members of the Tororo Archdiocese Development Association of the Laity (TADAL), the friends of the Archdiocese, all the men and women of goodwill, individuals, businesses, and organizations for the generosity exhibited towards the development of St. Anthony Hospital, …
Read More »DR OKOTH: We want St Anthony Tororo to grow into a university teaching hospital
Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | Refurbishment of Tororo Archdiocese’s main hospital—St. Anthony in Tororo—has taken off in the past year, and efforts to raise its standard climax on Thursday when Speaker of Uganda’s parliament Anita Annet Among leads a grand fundraising at Hotel Africana. The full …
Read More »🟪 PHOTOS: Pope Francis leaves hospital
ROME | CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ROME | Pope Francis has today made an appearance at the balcony of Rome’s Gemelli hospital, and waved to hundreds of faithful. He soon after left Rome’s Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of hospitalization. He was driven off in his little white Fiat, from …
Read More »Conjoined twins die in Jinja hospital
JINJA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Conjoined twins have died at Jinja regional referral hospital. The babies were delivered by caesarian section at Kiyunga health center IV. They were joined together in the stomach all through to the chest areas. Their mother, Amina Mukyala who is currently admitted at Jinja …
Read More »Butabika admits 10,300 patients, majority teens
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Butabika Mental Psychiatric Hospital has expressed concern about the increase in the number of people living with mental illness. According to Dr Juliet Nakku, the Executive Director at Butabika Mental Hospital, the most affected patients are now children and youth below the …
Read More »Hospital-acquired infections
How they fuel antimicrobial resistance ANALYSIS | SHOBHA SHUKLA | When we go to seek healthcare in hospitals or other healthcare settings, getting infected with hospital-acquired infections instead, is not part of the deal. “Why are hospital-acquired infections so acceptable?” rightly questions Dr Nour Shamas, a Lebanese infectious disease clinical pharmacist, …
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