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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medics are concerned that Covid-19 patients are not eager to get plasma treatment. According to medics, while many recovered patients are willing to give their plasma to help other patients who are in need, few COVID-19 admitted patients are willing to get the treatment. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten regional referral hospitals across the country have been enrolled on a centralized patient’s management system to enable the health ministry to track their service delivery levels and effectiveness closely. The digitized Integrated Health Facility Information Management System-IHMIS is an innovation by the government’s …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Floods resulting from the rising water levels of Lake Albert have submerged Butiaba health center III in Butiaba sub county Buliisa district leaving health workers and patients accessing treatment at the facility stranded. The floods have submerged staff quarters, maternity, male and female wards, …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A severe drug stock out has hit Kilembe health center II in Kasese district because of the high volume of patients. The facility has become an alternative for over 19,000 people of Bulembia division following the destruction of Kilembe mines hospital by floods that ravaged …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients receiving treatment for COVID-19 and some of the recovered cases are presenting with a number of mental illnesses, mental health experts have revealed. While studies show that COVID-19 mainly affects the respiratory system, medical experts say evidence from active patients and recovered cases …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 10 percent of the contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19 are currently being picked according to the Ministry of Health and these include only those who develop signs and symptoms consistent with the virus. While the Ministry used to trace and isolate …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has changed its COVID-19 testing protocols to prioritize symptomatic patients admitted in the hospitals. Previously, the same emphasis was put for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. But now, the health ministry wants to make sure that tests for patients with …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kapchorwa general hospital has resumed its operations after spending two weeks under lockdown. The hospital halted services across various departments after more than 20 medical workers tested positive for Covid-19. The affected departments included pharmacy, female and male wards, children’s ward, outpatient department and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private health workers want the health ministry to carry out more COVID-19 infection, prevention and control training sessions as the number of positive cases increases. According to health workers in private health facilities, the training that has been carried out by the health ministry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have so far been transfused using convalescent plasma as a treatment for coronavirus disease or COVID-19. This treatment being tried in a number of countries around the world involves the use of antibody-rich blood from recovered patients to intravenously treat those that …