Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | St Joseph Catholic Missionary Hospital Kitovu, in Masaka City, has set up a modern mortuary. The mortuary worth 277 million Shillings was constructed through a partnership with the Make People Stronger Foundation based in the Netherlands. Doctor Alfred Lumala, the Hospital Administrator says that the …
Read More »Hundreds flock Fort Portal mortuary to identify accident victims
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A somber mood engulfed Fort Portal regional referral hospital as relatives of the victims of the Fort Portal Kyenjojo Highway Link bus accident gathered at the mortuary to identify their bodies, following the Wednesday morning accident. At least 20 people had been confirmed by …
Read More »Bukwo residents take corpses to Kenya for storage due to lack of mortuary
Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of a mortuary in Bukwo district is forcing many Ugandans there to take their relatives who die from Bukwo district hospital across the international border for keeping in Kenyan hospitals many miles away. The bizarre tendency was revealed on Wednesday by the resident …
Read More »Patients at Bukwo hospital share wards with dead bodies
Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients at Bukwo general hospital in Bukwo district, Sebei sub region are forced to share beds with dead bodies due to the lack of a mortuary. This was disclosed by Bukwo district health officer, Dr. Edward Sabiti on Tuesday during the Covid-19 taskforce meeting chaired …
Read More »Dead bodies in wards traumatizing patients in Buvuma district
Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If for whatever reason you find yourself on Buvuma Islands district, pray that you don’t get admitted to hospital for you may not be comfortable having to lie side by side with a dead body should a patient near you die and the relatives take …
Read More »‘Sh2m before any corpse is released from Mulago mortuary’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Mboowa’s father was referred to Mengo hospital after developing breathing problems while in admission at Namungoona Orthodox hospital where he had been battling diabetes. That Monday night, Mengo hospital had run out of oxygen owing to the increased demand caused by a surge …
Read More »Patients sharing general ward with dead bodies in Aduku health center IV
Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients at Aduku health center IV in Kwania district have no choice but share a general ward with dead bodies due to lack of a mortuary. Aduku health center IV, a Kwania health sub district hospital that serves Kwania and patients from the neighboring Kole, …
Read More »Kitgum hospital seeks UGX 500M to construct modern mortuary
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum General Hospital administration is seeking 500 million shillings to construct a modern mortuary. The facility that serves the entire four districts in East Acholi currently relies on a dilapidated mortuary that was constructed in 1938. Bezy Omoya, the Kitgum General Hospital senior administrator says …
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