Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Health has picked interest in probing the existence and operations of private pharmacies inside Mulago National Referral Hospital. First Pharmacy and Ecopharm are the two privately owned pharmacies selling ‘specialised’ drugs to patients in Mulago Hospital. While meeting Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities at Mulago National Referral Hospital have announced that 21 people who were injured in yesterday’s twin bomb blasts will be discharged today. Health officials said the 21 people who suffered minor injuries that have been attended to, can now recuperate from their homes. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was a normal day for Mulago National Referral Hospital on Tuesday morning November 16, 2021. The causality ward had less than ten patients, the majority of whom were accident victims. Only a few staff were on duty, most of them completing their morning rounds …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, the Executive Director Mulago National Referral Hospital wants the government to introduce a policy stopping medical workers employed by the government from working in private facilities. Addressing the newly inaugurated board of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Dr. Baterana noted that one of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding two suspects accused of dumping a coffin of a baby at Mulago National Referral Hospital with placards demanding the immediate annulment of the reappointment of Dr. Diana Atwine, as the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health. President Yoweri Museveni reappointed Dr. Atwine …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors at Mulago Specialized National Referral hospital have urged the public to periodically go for wellness checks of their digestive system in the wake of an increase in gastrointestinal illnesses especially among young people. Speaking at the closure of a free medical camp that happened …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said they had a bad deal with ROKO constructions, a local company that was earlier in 2014 handed a deal to renovate Mulago National Referral Hospital and transform it into a specialized facility. Initially, a loan of $50 million was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, the Executive Director of Mulago Specialised National Referral hospital wants the licenses of private clinics and pharmacies operating around and within Mulago hospital revoked. Speaking during the weekly Ministry of Health supervision meeting at the hospital, Baterana said there are lots of fraudulent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A big percentage of people who end up presenting with cancer of the stomach and digestive system complications have been wrongly treated for ulcers, according to experts. They revealed this while launching a medical camp scheduled to take place at Mulago Specialised National Referral hospital …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six COVID-19 patients have escaped from the Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital where they have been on treatment, the Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Rose Mary Banyima has revealed. While she couldn’t reveal the identities of the COVID-19 patients, she said one was admitted with his …
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