Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal authorities have finally handed over the management of Mukono General Hospital to the district leadership. The municipality has been holding onto the hospital since its elevation from health center IV in 2019 to a general hospital. The then Mukono Town Clerk, Richard K …
Read More »CEHURD probes how Mukono stillborn ended up in placenta pit
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Center for Health, Human Rights and Development-CEHURD, a non-government organization fighting for social justice, has started investigating a case involving a baby that was allegedly thrown in a placenta pit in Mukono. The organization has written to the management of Mukono General Hospital following a …
Read More »Health ministry investigating Mukono nurses who dumped baby in placenta pit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is investigating a case where health workers stationed at Mukono General hospital threw a stillborn baby in a placenta pit. The investigation comes following reports from the mother, 29-year-old Rose Baisi, a resident of Kigombya in Mukono district, that one of …
Read More »Hospital staff say they threw baby in deep pit, mother says it’s a lie
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at Mukono are investigating a case of extreme cruelty inflicted on a mother by staff of Mukono General Hospital who took awa a mother’s newly born baby and claim it died and they threw the body in a deep pit though the mother insists …
Read More »Mukono midwife recieves rotary vocational excellence award
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifty-eight-year-old midwife, Rose Nakakande is among the many unsung heroes in the health profession in Uganda. For 30 years, Nakakande has been in the Labour wards in different health units of Mukono district helping pregnant mothers to deliver healthy babies. Despite being born in Natteta …
Read More »Mukono hospital workers go on strike
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 200 patients are stranded at Mukono General Hospital following a strike by health workers over poor working conditions and delayed payment. The health workers laid down their tools on Thursday morning a day after their colleague succumbed to COVID-19. William Mule, who was …
Read More »Mukono hospital suspends treating suspects from police
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono General Hospital has stopped treating suspects from Mukono Police Division who are not facilitated. The division refers suspects to the Hospital for examination, treatment and other related medical care services. However, medical officers claim that the suspects spend long hours at the hospital on empty …
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