Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale University has donated 72 million Shillings towards the rehabilitation of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. The intervention follows concern about the sorry state of the ICU at a time when the country is battling an outbreak of coronavirus …
Read More »Mulago developing guidelines for transferring COVID-19 patients to ICU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Guidelines are being developed at the coronavirus isolation and treatment centre in Mulago to help health workers a make quick decisions on what kind of patient benefits from ICU services first, in case they are faced with multiple cases with serious symptoms. Dr Elizabeth …
Read More »Mulago to revise ICU fees amid high costs in private facilities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago national referral hospital is considering new rates to be charged for critical care services. According to David Nuwamanya, the facility’s principal administrator, the 1 million shillings, currently charged per week is no longer enough to cater for the requirements for patients to …
Read More »Kadaga returns after treatment in Nairobi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has returned to the country after spending three weeks at Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Information from the Speaker’s office indicates that Kadaga returned to the country on Saturday. Her Principal Press Secretary, Sam Obbo confirmed …
Read More »Kadaga suffering from fatigue related illness – parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Speaker of Parliament has confirmed that the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga is being managed at Nakasero Hospital due to fatigue-related illness. According to a press statement issued by Kadaga’s Press Secretary, Sam Obbo, the Speaker became ill after her return from …
Read More »Rwenzururu Queen mother in intensive care unit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwenzururu Queen Mother Nyamukama Christine Biira Mukirania has been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of Case Hospital. Mukirania was taken to the ICU on Sunday after her condition worsened despite having registered significant improvement according to Rwenzururu Kingdom spokesperson Yona Maathe. The 85-year …
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