Kampala, Uganda | URN | In the sterile, high-pressure environment of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mulago Hospital, the line between professional duty and personal trauma is paper-thin. For Martha Alupo, who’s in charge of the unit, the last nine years have been a demonstration of sheer resilience. But the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital held a prayer event where health workers were urged to cast their burdens before the Lord in face of work related anxieties which are pushing some into mental distress. At the event held on Tuesday recognise the work of female health workers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After days of uncertainty, relief finally came for Lokwang Lokong Loyor and his wife, Esther Naput, in the busy corridors of Mulago National Referral Hospital. The couple had travelled hundreds of kilometres from Losimit village in Nabilatuk District, carrying their frail 18-month-old daughter whose …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital has successfully delivered their second baby under in vitro fertilisation (IVF), an assisted reproductive technology modality used to treat infertility. The parents are Salim Malinga and Sayeed Rukusana. Speaking to journalists at a press conference, Dr. Sam Ononge, the …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have expressed concerns following reports that high fees are being charged at the private wing of the Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital. Buhweju County Member of Parliament, Francis Mwijukye raised the issue stating that the high fees charged on women …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While Uganda has previously received global applause for quickly and swiftly handling lethal outbreaks, there are fears that the current outbreak of Sudan virus disease first announced in late January might plunge the country into a major crisis. Speaking during a meeting on Monday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has conducted four successful kidney transplant surgeries. Professor Philipa Musoke, the board chairperson of the hospital, says that the transplant was for patients with end-stage kidney disease. She says that the achievement comes as the hospital expands its capacity for renal transplants, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have revealed increasing surveillance as Uganda’s confirmed cases of Mpox, a viral disease previously known as monkey pox increased to five. Speaking on Thursday, Dr Daniel Okello the Director Public Health at the Kampala Capital City Authority …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fresh details have emerged about Simon Peter Otim who was shot dead on Thursday night at Sebina Zone- Kaleerwe, Mulago III Parish, Kawempe Division. Otim was shot at around 8:30pm by two men who entered the sitting room where he was with his wife, daughter …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded the former Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital Dr. Byarugaba Baterana Bonaventura to Luzira prison on charges of abuse of office. He and six others are accused causing government a 6.3 billion shillings loss in irregular …
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