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Maracha district allocates UGX 6 million to revive grounded ambulance

Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maracha district local government has finally allocated over 6 million Shillings to revive operations of the only ambulance that was grounded three months ago due to lack of fuel. The ambulance services came to a standstill after the only non-governmental organization, AVSI that had been helping …

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Entebbe voters pressurise NRM’s Shyaka to fulfill ambulance pledge

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Entebbe Municipality National Resistance Movement-NRM parliamentary candidate, Stephen Shyaka Gashaija is under pressure from voters to fulfil his pledge to buy an ambulance for the municipality.    The voters led by Hassan Kikomeko, Entebbe Branch NRM Youth chairperson have taken to social media platforms …

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Jinja hospital ambulance grounded for six months

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja regional referral hospital has been operating for six months without an ambulance after the official vehicle broke down in March. A source attached to the hospital who spoke to us on condition of anonymity says that the ambulance with registration plates UG 3635M …

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Rukiga district leaders query ambulance donation from MP Kabafunzaki

Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dispute has erupted between Hebert Kabafunzaki, the Rukiga County Member of Parliament, district officials and residents over an ambulance. The dispute started after Kabafunzaki handed over an ambulance registration number UAU 677X to Rukiga district COVID-19 taskforce to transport patients from villages to …

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Kawolo hospital restricts ambulance to critical emergencies

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constant breakdown of the only ambulance at Kawolo hospital has forced management to reserve it for critical emergencies in Ssezibwa region. Although Kawolo hospital receives a big number of emergencies because of its strategic location along the busy Kampala-Jinja Highway, the facility has a …

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Breakdown of ambulances hindering emergency medical care in Amuru

Amuru, Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Amuru district health department is facing difficulties to respond to medical emergencies due to lack of functioning ambulance services. The only two ambulances belonging to the district including one that was donated around 2006 by Medicines Sans Frontiers, an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organization …

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Motor care Uganda, Bukomansimbi disagree on ambulance

Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Motor Care Uganda limited has withdrawn an ambulance it supplied to Bukomansimbi district following uproar by the local authorities that it doesn’t meet the contract specifications. In March this year, Bukomansimbi district with support from Korean Foundation for International Healthcare-KOFIH contracted Motor Care Uganda limited …

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Kabul on high alert after ambulance bomb toll tops 100

Kabul, Afghanistan | AFP | Afghanistan Sunday declared a day of national mourning as the toll for those killed by a huge bomb hidden in an ambulance in Kabul topped 100 people and tensions remained high after insurgents struck in the city for the second time in a week. At …

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