When you cut off medicines, you declare death, says area MP Kampala, Uganda | Mubatsi Asinja Habati | Kilembe Hospital which is the biggest medical facility near Kilembe town and serves the residents of the Rwenzori mountains sub-region beyond as a general hospital is on the verge of closure. The 200-bed capacity …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has received its first microbiology laboratory and equipment to support the investigation of bacterial infections particularly those that have shown resistance to common antibiotics. The hospital which receives over 1,000 outPatient attendances and 100 admissions on a daily basis has been …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the third phase of the surgical complex at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital will be undertaken by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF engineering brigade. Construction of the complex started in 2016 and was supposed to end in September 2020. It however stalled for 2 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Kawempe North constituency in Kampala are disheartened by the total closure of Kawempe North Health Center, which was established by their jailed area Member of Parliament, Mohamed Ssegirinya. The health center has been dysfunctional since December 23, 2022, due to the lack of …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The burden of cataract infections at Arua Regional Referral hospital is expected to reduce following the donation of an assortment eye of equipment to the Ophthalmology department. Cataract is a medical condition in which a cloudy area develops in the lens of the eye that …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district Leaders have asked president Yoweri Museveni to intervene in the controversies surrounding the withdrawal of the credit line for medical supplies of Kilembe Mines Hospital. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine wrote to the Executive Director of Joint Medical Stores on …
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | Brazilian football legend Pele will spend the festive season in hospital as he fights advancing cancer, doctors and his family confirmed. The 82-year-old was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital late last month to treat a respiratory infection and reassess chemotherapy. “[Pele] presents …
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Sao Paulo, Brazil | Xinhua | Brazilian football legend Pele is receiving palliative care as he continues to battle colon cancer, according to media reports in the South American country. Doctors are re-evaluating the 82-year-old’s treatment after he stopped responding to chemotherapy, newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo said on Saturday, citing medical …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Woman Member of Parliament, Shamim Malende has been rushed to the Intensive Care Unit after undergoing abdominal surgery at the Agha Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Lubaga North Councilor, James Mubiru, who is with her in Nairobi told Uganda Radio Network-URN that she …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader district has launched the construction of Lt. Gen Paul Lokech Memorial Hospital. The launch coincided with the first memorial prayers for the late former Deputy Inspector General of police organized by the district. Samuel Akena, the Organising Committee Secretary for the Memorial Prayer, says …
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