Minister Bypassed Due Process in Attempt to Suspend Doctor for Pocketing -MOH Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has clarified that Dr Robert Candia, a doctor at Arua Regional Referral Hospital who was allegedly suspended by the State Minister for Health, Anifa Bangirana Kawooya, remains …
Read More »From Ebola fighter to survivor, DRC doctor vows to return to front lines
BENI, DRC | Xinhua | For years, Alex Olela fought Ebola from the front lines, treating patients during five outbreaks of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Then, in a cruel twist, the doctor found himself on the other side of the battle — …
Read More »France confirms, isolates five possible contacts of Ebola patient
PARIS | Xinhua | France has identified and isolated five people who may have been exposed to Ebola after sharing a flight with a doctor who tested positive for the virus. French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Wednesday that the doctor had worked in the Democratic Republic of the …
Read More »Fake doctor arrested in Kapchorwa Hospital
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kapchorwa Central Police Station is currently holding a man on charges of impersonating a doctor, conducting illegal treatments, and extorting money from patients at Kapchorwa Hospital. According to Fredmark Chesang, the Sipi Region Police Spokesperson, the suspect, identified as Silas Sukoria, a 34-year-old resident …
Read More »GULU: Doctor suggests new drug for treatement of STIs
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu health workers are suggesting a change in medicines that are being delivered for the treatment of HIV and Sexually transmitted infections (STIs). They say the government continues to supply Ciprofloxacin, an antibacterial prescription which was found to be less effective as a first-line treatment for …
Read More »Mbale doctor detained in defilement case
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Northern city division in Mbale city is holding a medical doctor accused of defiling and raping 12-year-old senior one student of Town Side High School. The suspect is said to be aged 45 years of age a resident of with Bujoloto Northern …
Read More »Kampala doctor held over human trafficking
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Immigration officials and Police are holding a doctor suspected to be part of a human trafficking racket that has been operating in Kasubi, a Kampala city suburb. Agnes Igoye, the deputy coordinator for the prevention of trafficking in persons at the Ministry of Internal …
Read More »Death of Chinese doctor fuels anger, demands for change
Beijing, China | AFP | The death of a whistleblowing doctor whose early warnings about China’s new coronavirus outbreak were suppressed by the police has unleashed a wave of anger at the government’s handling of the crisis — and bold demands for more freedom. Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang was among a …
Read More »Nkumba awards Kadaga honorary degree
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree of law by Nkumba University. This was during the University’s 22nd graduation ceremony held under the theme: 25 years of academic excellence and professionalism’ at Nkumba University campus on Saturday 26 October, …
Read More »Police make arrest as search for missing IHK doctor intensifies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A US-based Ugandan doctor is being held at Kabalagala Police Station in Kampala, in relation to the disappearance of Dr. Cathy Agaba, of International Hospital Kampala-IHK. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, confirmed that a US-based doctor whose name he declined to reveal, is …
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