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UPDF ambulance drivers complete special training in emergency response

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ambulance drivers in Uganda People’s Defense Force have completed a training course in emergency response. Sixty-six ambulance drivers participated in the hands-on training held at the Jinja City-based School Of Supply and Transport. The training involved skills like rapid acceleration, hairpin turns, squealing tires, and …

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Koboko ambulance impounded with smuggled cigarettes

Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement team at Pakwach checkpoint has impounded an ambulance belonging to Koboko district Local Government, which was transporting smuggled cigarettes. The Toyota Land Cruiser registration number UBD 512X, driven by Nobert Abukuwa, was seized with 16 sacks of Super-Match …

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Keddi Foundation donates ambulance to Butebo District

  Butebo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butebo District in the eastern region has received a much-needed ambulance, thanks to the generosity of the Keddi Foundation. The ambulance was officially handed over to the local community on Saturday, August 2, during a ceremony at Kalalaka Primary School, attended by local …

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Ambulance stolen in Kibaale

Kibaale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown thugs have made off with an ambulance belonging to EMESCO Health Center IV in Kibaale town council. The stolen ambulance, a Land Cruiser registration number UBB 655K was stolen on Tuesday night. The ambulance was under the care of Dr. Andrew Kasangaki, a …

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Witness pins Arua Hospital staff for theft of ambulance

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A prosecution witness has pinned staff from Arua Regional Referral Hospital and others still at large for participating in the theft of the host ambulance. In December 2021, the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court charged Alex Wadia, a driver at the hospital, Mathew …

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Gulu Archdiocese seeks UGX 500M for X-ray machine, ambulance

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Archdiocese is seeking 500 million shillings to buy a digital x-ray machine and an ambulance to support David Fargerlee Medical Center in Adilang town council, Agago district. David Fargerlee Medical Center was established by David Fargerlee, an American businessman from Minnesota, USA, to help …

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Another Bunyangabu ambulance fire victim succumbs to burns

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another person has died bringing to three, the number of the Bunyangabu ambulance fire victims. The latest victim is Donah, who was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital-FRRH. Two others including Peter Baluku, an emergency nurse from Bwera hospital …

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Kasese ambulance catches fire, killing 2 passengers

  Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An ambulance belonging to Bwera General Hospital in Kasese has burst into flames at Yerya in Kibito Sub County along Fort Portal-Kasese road in Bunayangabu district. Two occupants of the ambulance are said to have died on the spot while two others sustained …

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