Tag Archives: private hospitals

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private healthcare professionals have said that the directive by President Yoweri Museveni to add them to the list of businesses that can benefit from the credit facility under Uganda Development Bank (UDB) is not a solution to their financing problems. Over the weekend, President Museveni …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is investigating private hospitals that are charging COVID-19 patients exorbitantly. This follows reports that private health facilities are charging as much as 5 Million Shillings daily to provide care for the patients. Dr Monica Musenero, the senior presidential advisor on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the mothers who deliver their children in some private hospitals do so by undergoing a cesarean section, according to Annual Health Sector Performance Review released by the health ministry today. According to the report, 51 percent of all expectant mothers at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some private health facilities are turning away suspected COVID-19 patients, according to health practitioners. According to Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) experts, persons with NCDs have in the recent weeks been sent away from hospitals without receiving care because they present with COVID-19 symptoms of fever …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Even with the push by sections to have private hospitals start offering COVID-19 related care coupled with the increasing number of patients testing positive for the virus being picked from private health facilities, the possibility of them being allowed to offer such care remains …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private hospitals lack essential drugs for treating preeclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is a common condition in pregnant women who present with high blood pressure. It often leads to complications for the expectant mother and baby. But for so many women in Uganda who develop the condition, it …