Govt Starts Installation Of Oxygen Plant At Mulago
18 June, 2021 | Hits:130
The ministry of health has revealed that they have started installing an oxygen plant at Mulago National Referral Hospital. Oxygen has become the most needed commodity in managing terminally ill COVID19 patients. “Installation of the new oxygen plant at @MulagoHospital has commenced. The plant is expected to produce 70,000 Ltrs of oxygen per minute in addition to the 2,083 Ltrs produced by the old oxygen plants,” the ministry announced on Twitter. The ministry recently announced that the country is running short of...
Police Recovers Stolen Govt Drugs At Nansana Clinic
18 June, 2021 | Hits:121
Uganda Police has revealed that they recovered government drugs at a health facility in Nansana, a town in Wakiso district. They also arrested and detained a nurse at the clinic after a tip-off from members of the Nansana community. In a press statement issued on Friday, Asp Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy PRO Kampala Metro Police (KMP) said Police at Nansana Thursday carried out an operation at Brocch Medical services, a clinic in Gganda Wakiso district at around 5 pm. "This operation was...
Masaka COVID19 Patients Return Into Community Without Treatment
18 June, 2021 | Hits:110
By Abbas Kabonge Hordes of people diagnosed with Covid19 are getting back into the community without treatment because there is no space in health facilities in the district to admit them. The president's representative in the district, Fred Bamwine reveals how sixty people out of one hundred who turn up daily for testing are being diagnosed with the fatal disease. " Majority of the victims go back into the community because the health facilities here are filled up", Bamwine, who is also the...
Covid19: Two Pregnant Women Die As Doctors Decline To Treat Them
17 June, 2021 | Hits:107
By Abbas Kabonge The disturbing lack of protective clothing for health workers in Uganda has led to the death of two women in labor. The two mothers had turned up at one of the rural government health facilities in Mubende for antenatal care when health workers reportedly declined to treat them. The health workers suspected the women to be victims of COVID19 and so feared treating them in absence of protective clothing. A number of eyewitnesses reported how the health workers in Mubende have...
