By Brian Luwaga Luwero and Nakasongola Districts COVID-19 taskforces have ordered the arrest of mourners opening coffins containing bodies of COVID-19 victims. The Uganda government as part of the Standard Operating Procedures to stop COVID-19 in Uganda announced that open caskets funerals are abolished for people who have succumbed to the disease. …
The Intensive Care Unit-ICU at Lira Hospital is operating without specialized staff. A report presented to the Parliamentary COVID_19 Task Force shows that the ICU has 3 doctors, 2 medical officers, 2 specialists ICU nurses and 6 support staff. An ideal intensive care unit requires doctors with a speciality in anesthetics, cardiology and emergency…
The office of the district community development officer in Bukedea district has registered over one thousand teenage girl pregnant since the second lock down was imposed by the government. The girls were seeking for antenatal care at Kachumbala County in the period since the 42 lock down was announced. Uganda has the highest teenage pregnancy…
The Ministry of Health has dismissed calls by activists for the resignation of Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyona says it is because of Dr. Atwine’s plausible performance that she was re-appointed by the President, and has described the the activists as attention seekers. The Union of Human Rights Defenders Uganda on Thursday called…
By Pamela Mawanda The fake COVID-19 vaccines that were given to over 800 people were 99 percent water, according to the State House Health Monitoring Unit. According to analytical results from the Government Analytical Laboratory and the National Drug Authority – the national drug regulator, the water that was put in the vials and passed…
The management of Holy family hospital Nyapea, a private non- profit hospital in Zombo district has called for the suspension of the charges on Oxygen to health facilities who are treating COVID-19 at a subsidized rate. Zombo district has registered 137 COVID-19 positive cases in June alone. The Hospital which has been charging patients 75,000 shillings for…
A young girl estimated to be aged between 10 and 15 years suffering from cerebral palsy has now spent about a month sleeping outside on the veranda at a public hospital, Mukono General Hospital due to lack of facilities to accommodate her given her health condition. According to the hospital management, she was dropped at…
By Flavia Nassaka Experts in the medical field have called for the inclusion of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) on the priority list of people to be considered first for COVID-19 vaccination as countries roll out vaccines. Dr Silvia Bertagnolio, a Medical Officer at the World Health Organisation (WHO) quoted their latest data…
1,453 health workers out of the 5,413 in the Acholi Sub Region have shunned taking the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Health workers are a priority category for COVID-19 vaccinations by the World Health Organisation and are on the list in Uganda. The health workers are operating in various health facilities in the…
By Pamela Mawanda Patients receiving treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the second wave are presenting totally different symptoms and treatment takes longer, doctors have observed. Dr Christopher Nsereko, a physician at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, says that common symptoms among the people who have been infected during the second wave include chest pain,…