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  Stanbic Bank’s UGX 100m Donation to Mbale Hospital Brings Hope for Women, Children In Elgon Region Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to improving maternal health outcomes by giving Mbale Hospital a Sh100 million boost. An assortment of equipment that includes an anaesthetic machine, …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is choking from the overwhelming number of patients turning up for treatment. The most affected are the outpatient department-OPD, the pediatrics, the obstetrics and gynecology, and the casualty wards. Several patients receiving treatment in the casualty ward sleep on the verandah …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale hospital administrators are requesting for a separate ward for fistula patients arguing that mixing fistula patients in the general wards has negatively affected them psychologically. The Fistula focal person in the hospital, Jane Frances Acam said in an interview with Uganda Radio Network – …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health is considering constructing a second regional referral hospital in Eastern region to ease the pressure on Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. The Health State Minister in Charge of Primary Health Care, Hanifa Kawooya disclosed this while inaugurating the new board of Mbale Regional …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The inadequate number of nurses and midwives at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is affecting service delivery to patients. The most affected are the acute, pediatric, maternity and general wards. For instance, the acute ward has only eight out of the required 15 nurses. Nurses in …

  Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 33 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Mbale district in less than a fortnight. The patients died between June 18th and 29th, 2021. According to health officials, 32 victims died in the Intensive Care Unit of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital while one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has been hit by lack of water for the past one week exposing the lives of patients and medical workers to risk. The sanitary and hygienic conditions of all wards plus other hospital facilities is appalling causing anxiety among the medical staff. …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has for the second time stopped admitting COVID-19 patients due to lack of space. The hospital director Dr Emmanuel Tugaineyo says that all the 50 beds in the COVID-19 isolation unit are occupied. Mbale Regional Referral Hospital serves 16 districts …

Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people are nursing injuries sustained in a fierce clash between the police and locals who were holding the imbalu initiation ceremony in Manafwa district. The injured who are admitted at Mbale Regional Hospital include four police officers and two civilians. The injured were …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday tasked officials from Mbale Regional Referral Hospital to explain the delayed completion of the surgical complex. Construction of the complex started in 2016 and was supposed to end in September this year. It however stalled for 2 …