Surgeons in Uganda are seeking financial and logistical support to expand volunteer surgical camps aimed at reducing long waiting lists that have left some patients waiting up to a decade for operations. The Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU) organizes annual outreach camps in different parts of the country, where specialists volunteer their time to…
Five years after opening with ambitions to support fertility preservation and organ transplantation, Makerere University’s biobank has yet to expand beyond sperm storage because of funding constraints, its director says. Prof. Moses Joloba, a molecular biologist who heads the facility at Makerere University Hospital, said the bank has secured funding to continue sperm banking but…
Closed-circuit television cameras at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital helped authorities trace and recover a one-day-old baby boy less than 24 hours after he was allegedly abducted from the hospital’s maternity ward, officials said. The newborn was recovered Tuesday in Laguti Sub-county, Pader District, after community members intercepted a suspect identified as Kevin Lamaro, a resident…
DNA evidence presented in the High Court in Soroti links only one juvenile witness, identified as A6, to forensic exhibits recovered during investigations into the killing of Joan Faith Apio, a 6-year-old Primary One pupil at Jozan Nursing and Primary School, a forensic analyst testified on Monday. Apio was found dead in a school latrine…
Local leaders in Rukiga District are urging the government to upgrade Kashambya Health Centre III to a Health Centre IV and rehabilitate its deteriorating infrastructure, saying the facility can no longer meet the healthcare needs of the growing population it serves. The renewed appeal follows national attention in July after media reports exposed the health…
Patients at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital and Itojo General Hospital in Ntungamo District are paying for diagnostic services at private health facilities after X-ray machines at both government hospitals broke down, disrupting access to essential care. The equipment failures were uncovered during surprise inspections by Health Minister Dr. Chris Baryomunsi over the weekend. During an…
The Ministry of Health has urged residents of the Bunyoro sub-region, particularly communities along the shores of Lake Albert and the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to remain vigilant against Ebola despite Uganda being declared free of the disease. Health officials say the region remains at risk because of its proximity to…