Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors are raising concerns over the growing practice of filming inside health facilities, warning that it not only exposes them to the risk of violence but also subjects them to public condemnation for circumstances beyond their control. Their reaction follows a video that surfaced …
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Lifebox and Smile Train bring critical anesthesia monitors to Ugandan hospitals Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | In a quiet operating room at CoRSU Rehabilitation Hospital, a small monitor flickers with waveforms that trace each breath of a patient under anaesthesia. To most, it looks unremarkable. To anaesthesiologists, it’s a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The US$20m loan passed by Parliament for the upgrading of Bugiri General Hospital has sparked a flurry of demands for a comprehensive review of the state of regional hospitals across the country. The loan from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa was …
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How this dynamic Ugandan combined a talent for sports with business, politics and entertainment THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, Uganda lost one of its most dynamic citizens, Cedric Babu Ndilima, to a heart complication. On social media, opposition activists, who claim to be humane, went on …
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Billions of taxpayer dollars invested in for-profit facilities from Africa to Asia were supposed to improve access to healthcare. But stories of abuses have piled up ANALYSIS | GAVIN FINCH, KENDALL TAGGART & DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI | The 1-year-old was with her pregnant mother at a maternity clinic when the convulsing started. A …
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GAZA | Xinhua | The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Monday that the “obliteration” of the healthcare system in the northern Gaza Strip puts civilians at grave risk. “Repeated hostilities in and around hospitals have obliterated the healthcare system in northern Gaza, putting civilians at an …
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‘Govt has no money to pay Medical Interns’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has stated that his government doesn’t have enough money to pay medical interns. The President proposed that to make the work easier, the person who has been sponsoring the medical student during the medical …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has introduced a new reform in the health sector to uplift the status of health centre IVs to community hospitals. This was revealed by the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja during the plenary sitting on Thursday, 08 August 2024, chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has been tasked to engage District Health Officers (DHOs) to ensure timely delivery of medicines to different health facilities in the country. The guidance was given by the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, while chairing the House sitting on Wednesday, 07 August …
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NEW DELHI | Xinhua | Two government-run hospitals in Delhi received a bomb threat on Sunday, triggering evacuations in both facilities. Personnel belonging to the Delhi Police, the Delhi Fire Services and the local disaster management force were carrying out security checks inside the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri and …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
