Kasese , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint Medical Stores -JMS has donated an oxygen concentrator and a fetal doppler to Kilembe Mines Hospital in Kasese Municipality in an effort to improve health services at the facility. A fetal doppler monitors a baby when still in the mothers’ uterus. The hospital …
Read More »80 million shillings maternity ward launched at Ruhija health center II
Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opening of the maternity ward at Ruhija health centre II in Rubanda district has excited residents. Construction of the 80 million shillings maternity wing was funded by the Joint Medical Stores-JMS to eliminate infant mortality in the area. The development comes at a time when …
Read More »Joint medical stores loses equipment worth UGX 7bn in fire
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Medical Stores –JMS has lost medical equipment worth 7 Billion Shillings in a fire that gutted several warehouses. On Friday, fire gutted warehouses belonging to Madhvani Group of Companies located at the 5th Street Industrial Area. The fire is believed to have …
Read More »Joint Medical Stores gets UGX 8.4b Stanchart loan to stock up medicines, gear
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint Medical Stores (JMS) has received 8.4 billion Shillings (USD 2.2m) from Standard Chartered Bank Group to stock up medical materials that can be used during the coronavirus pandemic. The loan according to Stanchart is a drawdown from the USD 1 billion (3.8 trillion …
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