Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Soroti have arrested a 63 year old woman with a stolen infant of five days. The baby was stolen from Soroti regional referral hospital maternity ward on Friday afternoon by Joyce Aketch. Aketch was arrested from Kobwin village in Ngora district, seven …
Read More »Private facilities reap big as Soroti hospital fails to run x-ray services
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private health facilities in Soroti City are reaping big from patients in need of X- ray and ultra-sound scan services. This follows the breakdown of the X-ray machine at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital for more than a year now. The ultra-sound scan machine at the …
Read More »Heath ministry recognizes Soroti medics for successful operation on conjoined twins
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The medical team from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital that conducted a successful separation of conjoined twins in March has been recognized once again, this time by the Ministry of Health. A team of medics led by Dr Joseph Epodoi, the consultant surgeon successfully separated conjoined twins …
Read More »MPs honor medics, decry poor state of Soroti Hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has this afternoon honoured a 15-member medical team of Soroti Regional Referral hospital, for successfully conducting a surgery involving the separation of a dead from a live Siamese twin. The surgery took place in Soroti, six days after the baby was referred to …
Read More »Parliament to honor Soroti medics for successful operation on conjoined twins
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament are expected to recognize 14 medics from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital for the successful conjoined twin’s operation conducted last month. The team led by Dr. Joseph Epodoi, the consultant surgeon at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital successfully separated conjoined twins comprising one alive …
Read More »Soroti hospital receives seven cases of COVID-19
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven people have tested positive to Covid-19 at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. This brings the number of COVID-19 patients at the hospital to eleven. The new cases are contacts of the first two businessmen from Bukedea and Soroti. The index cases in Teso have been …
Read More »Rejected mother turns to Soroti hospital for accommodation
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighteen-year-old Doreen Ikima is a happy mother after spending three months in Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. Ikima was admitted in the maternity ward of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital in October last year with pre-eclampsia and severe anemia. After treatment, Ikima remained in the ward, wondering …
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