Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has through the Ministry of Health earmarked Shillings 300million for the installation of a brand new digital X-ray machine at Buliisa general hospital. The digital X-ray machine has been lying idle for two years since it was procured by the Health Ministry owing to …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Arua City have arrested three staff of Arua Regional Referral Hospital over alleged theft of digital x-ray machine components. The West Nile Region Police Spokesperson Josephine Angucia identified the suspects as Billington Abila, a radiographer, Alex Okello, and Benard Olul …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts are recommending the use of X-ray in detecting new cases of tuberculosis. They argue that the old-style criteria has led to a lot of missed cases. Dr Bruce Kirenga, a lung expert said that for long, health workers have been depending on symptoms to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several government health facilities in Teso are operating without ultrasound scan and x-ray services. Government structures, according to Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Senior Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Health, provide ultrasound scan and x-ray machines to all health center fours, district hospitals, Regional and …
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