Kawolo Hospital Neonatal Unit Overwhelmed with Increase in Premature Births

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Kawolo Hospital Neonatal Unit Overwhelmed with Increase in Premature Births

21 Jan 2022, 10:34 Comments 555 Views Mukono, Uganda Health Lifestyle Editorial

Mothers breastfeeding babies at the neonatal section of Kawolo hospital.

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Children admitted to the neonatal unit often need breathing support given through their windpipe, and suffer from convulsions, failure to feed, severe chest in-drawing, fever, hypothermia, jaundice, umbilicus redness or draining pus, skin boils, signs of local infection and vomiting.

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