Dr Patrick Lule, the Busia Municipal principal medical officer says that the samples of blood from the victims which were taken to Mbale regional hospital tested positive of cholera.
Read more ...“The hospital administrators are not clear on when the pathologist will resume duty. Bodies are collected from crime scenes and delivered to the mortuary where they can spend two nights in fridges without postmortem, which kills cases,” he said.
Read more ...Nelson Kaggwa, a resident of Luwungulu landing site in Kyamuswa Sub County, says the ambulance is a huge relief since many patients on several islands have been struggling to get to Kyamuswa Health center IV for treatment.
Read more ...Dr. Lumu, who is said to be one of the first medical practitioners in Uganda, served at Mulago National Regional Referral hospital before he was appointed Health Minister shortly after Uganda attained her independence in 1962. He is said to be the brain behind the establishment of Regional Referral hospitals across the country.
Read more ...A case of her sudden passing was reported at Gulu Central Police Station – CPS on Tuesday by the Hotel manager, Justine Okello.
Read more ...David Kabanda from Dalumba Advocates, which is representing CEFROHT, says manufacturing and advertising firms are playing on the ignorance of children to make profits, which may leave the children unhealthy.
Read more ...In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish is a stable community of the faithful whose pastoral care is entrusted to a parish priest, under the authority of the diocesan bishop.
Read more ...Dr Paul Zirimala, the officer in- charge of Wakiso Health IV, notes that the most conditions registered from the sites over the last months has been Hernia. Dr Zirimala says that on average they have been performing five to seven hernia surgeries on patients working from the quarry sites.
Read more ...Although police is yet to establish the exact cause of Hankinga’s death, residents attribute it to suffocation while others claim it may have been food poisoning. Our reporter visited the saloon, which operates in a metallic kiosk and observed that it lacks proper ventilation to regulate air flow.
Read more ...Betty Aol Ocan, the Leader of the Opposition in parliament who lobbied for the rice, says it is a Christmas gift from government to the beneficiaries through her office.
Read more ...The second phase of vaccination is going to be carried out in the districts of Nebbi,Pakwach,Bududa and Zombo
Read more ...Michel Ssenoga, operating in Kira town, says lack of public toilets has forced some people in the municipality to resort to desperate means of disposing their waste like defecating in open areas, incomplete buildings and street corridors.
Read more ...Part of the six roomed facility has been abandoned because of a leaking roof. It has also developed cracks putting the life of the workers at risk.
Read more ...Fredrick Makaire the Executive Director of Save For Health Uganda a promoter of Community Health Insurance Scheme in Luweero say that they had proposed that poor people can enroll to the National insurance scheme through community health scheme but this was deleted from drafted bill.
Read more ...According to experts, Uganda seems to be stuck at a HIV prevalence rate of 6.2 percent that has remained stagnant for the past four years.
Read more ...Health workers have failed to access the health centre since Tuesday. URN reporter saw health workers stranded at the broken bridge pondering on how to access the health centre.
Read more ...Sam Opio, the Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda said even as the annual drug availability report launched on Thursday by the Medicines Transparency Alliance puts drug availability in facilities low at 36%, government cannot account for the medicines that they receive annually.
Read more ...Norah Nalubega, the chairperson of vendors in the market says that rainwater runoff is directly flowing into uncollected garbage heaps which are unpleasant to customers. Nalubega blamed the division authorities for not regularly collecting the garbage from the market, thereby exposing them to health hazards.
Read more ...Health officials and police raided Namokora Health Point located in Ogul Village, in Kalabong Parish following intelligence reports that it was operating illegally.
Read more ...Robert Atuta, the Busia district health officer- DHO says that the broken ambulance requires 29 million shillings for repair.
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