Tag Archives: James Elima

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 …

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 …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 27 percent of the expectant mothers in Gulu district still give birth at the hands of Traditional Births Attendants-TBAs. Dr. Baifa Arwenyo, a Gynecologist at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital revealed this during the commemoration of the International Day of Midwives on Wednesday.   Arwenyo …

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 …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital want the treatment of COVID-19 patients decentralized in the various districts of Acholi Sub region citing space constraints. Currently, the facility is overwhelmed with over 130 positive cases. Last week, it rejected 24 patients from Kitgum over lack of …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District Covid-19 taskforce is stuck with 24 Covid-19 patients after they were turned away by Gulu Regional Referral Hospital treatment center because of space constraints.  William Komakech, the Kitgum Resident District Commissioner who also doubles as the Covid-19 task-Force chairperson told URN in an …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is struggling to respond to health emergencies following the breakdown of its two ambulances.  The ambulances include one that was in June donated by the Ministry of Health to respond to Covid-19 emergencies and the other given by the government in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is struggling to pay 262 million shillings debt incurred from Covid-19 activities. James Elima, the hospital director disclosed on Thursday that the hospital purchased food worth 190 million shillings for feeding Covid-19 suspects and patients at the quarantine and treatment …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Three truck drivers who tested positive to COVID-19 have been discharged from Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.  The drivers have been receiving treatment at the isolation ward after they tested positive for COVID-19 virus last month at Elegu Border Point. This brings the number of discharged …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There was a stampede in Gulu Town on Thursday evening after security personnel rounded up a truck driver who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease. The patient is an Eritrean national who had already spent two days in the community after he arrived in Gulu on …