Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has run out of reagents for testing sickle cell patients. Over the past years, Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has been facing inconsistent supply of the reagents by the National Medical Stores –NMS and other partners, something that has affected the Sickle …
Read More »Nine health staff dismissed from Gulu hospital COVID-19 treatment unit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine health workers attached to the Coronavirus Treatment Unit- CTU at Gulu Regional Referral hospital have been dismissed without receiving their risk allowances. “As per the the decision of top management, the following service providers are supposed to exit from the CTU and report to …
Read More »Gulu hospital accumulates UGX 260M debt for Covid-19 patient food
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu regional referral hospital is seeking Shillings 260 million to settle a debt resulting from the supply of food for Covid-19 patients. Dr. James Elima, the director Gulu regional referral hospital says they haven’t paid food suppliers for four months. He says the situation has …
Read More »Gulu hospital struggles to respond to emergencies as ambulances break down
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is struggling to respond to health emergencies following the breakdown of its two ambulances. The ambulances include one that was in June donated by the Ministry of Health to respond to Covid-19 emergencies and the other given by the government in …
Read More »Gulu hospital seeks new incinerator for COVID-19 waste
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is seeking for a mini clinical laboratory and new incinerator for disposing of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) healthcare waste. Some of the infectious waste include used face masks; syringes, hand gloves, blades, medicinal wastes, and other associated wastes arising from services produced …
Read More »31 health workers deployed to boost COVID-19 treatment in Gulu hospital
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 31 health workers have been deployed at the COVID-19 treatment unit at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Eight of the health workers are from the World Health Organization (WHO) while others from the Ministry of Health and the rest are locally trained staff from the …
Read More »Gulu hospital discharges 34 COVID patients
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has discharged 34 patients who recovered from COVID-19. Of the 34, 26 are Ugandan truck drivers while eight are foreign truck drivers. They tested positive for the virus from Elegu border point in Amuru district. Dr Paska Apiyo, a …
Read More »Gulu hospital admits 5 new COVID-19 patients, discharges 5 others
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has admitted five new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged five others who recovered from the contagion. Among the discharged are three Ugandans and two Kenyan truck drivers. The number of those discharged brings to nine, the cumulative tally …
Read More »Gulu Hospital expands COVID-19 treatment centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has increased its capacity to admit more COVID-19 patients. This follows the renovation of the Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) ward at the hospital that has improved the capacity to 100. The hospital initially had space for only 14 cases. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, …
Read More »WHO deploys 2 physicians at Gulu hospital
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation – WHO will dispatch two physicians to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital to boost the fight against COVID-19. The COVID-19 case management team headed by Dr Paska Apiyo is overstretched and the WHO reinforcement is expected to boost their effort in …
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