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…
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…
Kabale Regional Referral Hospital and Kamukira Health Centre IV in Kabale Municipality have run out of drugs used in the support treatment of COVID-19 and other general illnesses. There is no approved therapy for the Covid-19, which can cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome in some patients. According to Ivan Mubangyizi, Kabale Municipality…
By Flavia Nassaka Prior to the lockdown, for the 145 street children currently housed at Kaazi Scout National Camping Ground, all they knew as home was the streets of Kampala. In fact, according to Maureen Muwonge, the Deputy Director Dwelling Places, an NGO that finds safe homes for such children, they were 161 when they first collected…
The Indoor Residual Spray-IRS conducted by the Ministry of Health to control malaria infections in Serere district has not led to a reduction in malaria cases in health facilities according to health authorities. Serere district had its second IRS using Fludora Fusion insecticide in April this year, which covered 98.9 percent of the households. Actellic chemical…
Health officials at Muko Health Centre IV in Rubanda district, western Uganda are struggling to provide adequate services for pregnant women due to failure to access basic protective gear such as gloves, water and inadequate space in the maternity ward. The health admits more than 20 expectant mothers on a daily. Public health officials are afraid…
Regional Referral Hospitals are still dusting beds procured by the Ministry of Health for Intensive Care Unit- ICU wards. The beds and other equipment for the units are stuck in stores and others in open spaces at the hospital parking lots. Intensive care units (ICU) provide critical care and life support for acutely ill…
COVID -19 survivors in Gulu are demanding discharge certificates to counter stigma and segregation from their communities. The survivors who underwent home-based care management and later tested negative for the virus say they continue facing stigma, segregation, rejection and isolation from the communities. Santos Comboni Okwera, a resident of Kanyagoga ‘A’ Sub –Ward in Bardege…
Unionists want the Uganda government to borrow a leaf from their regional neighbours and reign in on ensuring that health workers get timely treatment when they get infected. Dr. Aggrey Sanya, the Secretary-General of Uganda Medical Workers Union who was speaking to journalists on Monday said that Kenya has set up special isolation centres…
Dr Alfred Driwale, the Program Manager for immunization says while no one likes to be scammed, the 800 people allegedly vaccinated with fake vaccines bear the blame. Obviously bothered by the scam but unsympathetic to the victims of the fake vaccine, Driwale, also an Assistant Commissioner at the Health Ministry says whoever took the vaccines…