Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of children presenting with black water syndrome is on the rise in Mbala and Soroti districts, health authorities have revealed. Blackwater fever syndrome is a complication or manifestation that is common among children and adults who suffer from severe malaria and are not …
Read More »Museveni orders allocation of 15 acres to investor for hospital construction
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture to allocate Turkish firm Beyler Group, 15 acres of land in Entebbe for the construction of a hospital. In his June 20th letter to Tumwebaze, Museveni says the Turkish Investment Group has committed …
Read More »Why Ugandans are angry about the Lubowa hospital story
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | A discussion about the controversial Lubowa specialized hospital on CBS FM’s ‘kiliza oba gana’ program moderated by Medi Nsereko, caught my ear recently. The guests in the studio included an MP from Rakai district who was not shy to describe what was going on at Lubowa …
Read More »Experts explain higher COVID hospitalization rate in North America
New York, US | Xinhua | Experts point to several reasons why the rate of COVID patients in hospital is higher in North America than in most other parts of the world, the BBC has reported. Professor David Larsen, an epidemiologist and global health expert at Syracuse University in …
Read More »Number of admitted Covid patients remains low in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 148 people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 despite the high number of positive cases being reported, this is according to records from the Ministry of Health. According to records, as of December 25, over 148 positive cases are admitted nationwide in treatment …
Read More »Prolonged closure of Entebbe Hospital irks residents
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prolonged closure of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has irked residents. The hospital closed the outpatient, dental, optical, maternal and child care departments in March last year to focus on the management of COVID-19 patients. Before its closure, the hospital served more than a …
Read More »Army to tarmac roads to Entebbe Children’s Surgical Hospital
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF to tarmac the roads leading to the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality. The roads are impassable during heavy downpours and are dusty during the dry season. He made the directive on Friday while …
Read More »Police to construct referral hospital in Nsambya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police leadership has allocated five acres of land at Nsambya police barracks for the construction of a hospital this financial year. Speaking to URN in an interview, Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP Dr. Moses Byaruhanga, the Director of Health Services in Uganda Police Force, …
Read More »Entebbe surgical hospital operates 300 children in 5 months
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality, the first of its kind in Uganda, has started bearing fruits less than five months since it opened. Built at a cost of 117 billion shillings, the hospital was built under a public private partnership with the ministry of …
Read More »No hospital, no oxygen – Pader’s predicament
Twenty-one years and still counting, Pader district is without a district hospital and is struggling to manage the second wave of COVID-19 Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of a hospital has denied Pader district the opportunity of receiving medical oxygen needed to support the management of Covid-19 critical …
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