The hospital is the only one in Fangak County, which has a population of more than 110,000 people ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | At least seven people have been killed after a hospital and market were bombed in South Sudan, a medical charity has said, as fears grow of a return to …
Read More »‘The Hospital of the East’ can regain its glory
Dr Okoth: We need to change a situation where a cross- section of our people in the Eastern Uganda are forced to remain home to die when faced with the need to seek more sophisticated medical treatment by travelling to Kampala – or Nairobi. COMMENT | DR ANTHONY OKOTH NDIRA …
Read More »ARCHBISHOP OBBO: Fundraising marks a crucial step toward revitalizing St Anthony Hospital Tororo
COMMENT | ARCHBISHOP DR EMMANUEL OBBO | I thank the Executive and Members of the Tororo Archdiocese Development Association of the Laity (TADAL), the friends of the Archdiocese, all the men and women of goodwill, individuals, businesses, and organizations for the generosity exhibited towards the development of St. Anthony Hospital, …
Read More »DR OKOTH: We want St Anthony Tororo to grow into a university teaching hospital
Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | Refurbishment of Tororo Archdiocese’s main hospital — St Anthony in Tororo— has taken off in the past year, and efforts to raise its standard climaxes on Thursday when Speaker of Uganda’s parliament Anita Annet Among leads a grand fundraising at Hotel Africana. The …
Read More »🟪 PHOTOS: Pope Francis leaves hospital
ROME | CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ROME | Pope Francis has today made an appearance at the balcony of Rome’s Gemelli hospital, and waved to hundreds of faithful. He soon after left Rome’s Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of hospitalization. He was driven off in his little white Fiat, from …
Read More »Conjoined twins die in Jinja hospital
JINJA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Conjoined twins have died at Jinja regional referral hospital. The babies were delivered by caesarian section at Kiyunga health center IV. They were joined together in the stomach all through to the chest areas. Their mother, Amina Mukyala who is currently admitted at Jinja …
Read More »Butabika admits 10,300 patients, majority teens
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Butabika Mental Psychiatric Hospital has expressed concern about the increase in the number of people living with mental illness. According to Dr Juliet Nakku, the Executive Director at Butabika Mental Hospital, the most affected patients are now children and youth below the …
Read More »Hospital-acquired infections
How they fuel antimicrobial resistance ANALYSIS | SHOBHA SHUKLA | When we go to seek healthcare in hospitals or other healthcare settings, getting infected with hospital-acquired infections instead, is not part of the deal. “Why are hospital-acquired infections so acceptable?” rightly questions Dr Nour Shamas, a Lebanese infectious disease clinical pharmacist, …
Read More »NOVEMBER 9: Tororo Diocese laity to raise money to rehabilitate St Anthony’s Hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tororo Archdiocese Development Association of the Laity (TADAL) will on November 9 hold a grand fundraising dinner in support of the renovation of St Anthony’s Hospital in Tororo. Parliament Speaker Anita Annet Among and Archbishop Dr. Emmanuel Obbo will grace the fundraising dinner to be …
Read More »Hospitals in West Nile operate without ophthalmologists
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in the West Nile region have expressed concerns over the lack of ophthalmologists and inadequate staffing at most health facilities, which is severely affecting service delivery, particularly eye care. Despite the region being identified by the Ministry of Health as having the highest …
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