Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Uganda Heart Institute-UHI’s own home will start in the next financial year. Construction and furnishing of the facility has been budgeted to cost 259 billion shillings which will be realised by the government and foreign funding. The institute has occupied the fourth …
Read More »Sh36 billion needed to complete Mulago Specialised Hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has been told that the Ministry of Health needs Sh36 Billion to complete Mulago Specialized Hospital. Lower Mulago Hospital which was part of the Mulago National Referral Hospital has been converted into Mulago Specialized Hospital to offer specialized services. Presenting a report in Tuesday …
Read More »Mulago overwhelmed after over 300 turn up for free Women’s Day check up
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of women seeking free treatment at Mulago Women’s Specialised Hospital were turned away due to the high turn up. The hospital announced that it would offer free health services from 7th-8th March in commemoration of the Women’s Day. As early as 7.00 am on …
Read More »HIV and young girls
New study starts on choice in prevention methods Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Something unusual is happening at the Makerere University – John Hopkins University (MUJHU) research collaboration facility at Mulago hill in Kampala. The walls of the aging building have been freshly painted white with carefully coated patches …
Read More »Patients, survivors share agonizing tale of managing cancer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alice Nankinga, 22, had a sunny personality which classmates, friends and family keep referring to while reflecting on the past before she was diagnosed with Cancer. But her dreams and happiness were shattered when, while in senior one, she frequently fell sick. Six years later, …
Read More »PICTORIAL: World Read Aloud Day excites children with cancer in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The message was clear, for those reading and listening. The kids suffering from cancer at Uganda’s Mulago Hospital are battling adversity, but are no less children. By the children reading out to the guests extracts from the Tesa and Luuka comic book series …
Read More »Uganda heart institute asked to vacate UCI premises
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Heart Institute is facing eviction from Mulago. The centre is now in dire need to 256 billion Shillings to construct a home within Kampala. The institute has occupied the fourth floor of the Uganda Cancer Institute building in Mulago since 2016, at the …
Read More »From disease treatment to health promotion
Health ministry plans major switch in 2019 healthcare Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | As 2018 ended, President Museveni was seen getting more involved in the country’s healthcare. First he launched the Presidential Fast Track Initiative to encourage men to get tested for HIV and enroll on treatment and then …
Read More »Mulago’s referral system failure
New specialised women’s hospital sinks back to the old ways Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | On Oct.16, a week after President Yoweri Museveni officially opened the new Mulago Specialised Maternal and Neonatal Hospital in Kampala on Oct.09, The Independent visited the facility. The expectation was to see an efficiently run …
Read More »The search for a baby just got easier
Hopeful patients get first experience at Uganda’s first public women’s hospital Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | People wander around. Some take selfies and group photos. All rave about the convenience, the décor and point at the nicely positioned potted fresh flowers and photo frames hanging over neatly painted sky …
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