Relics of Uganda Martyrs return as Church marks 60 years of their sainthood Kampala, Uganda | CHRISTOPHER KISEKKA -URN & INDEPENDENT | The relics of the Uganda Martyrs have been brought back to Uganda for a “special visit” as the nation celebrates 60 years since the canonization of Africa’s first …
Read More »Bugiri District chairman summoned for slapping policeman
Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East has summoned the Bugiri district LCV chairman Davidson Mulumba for assaulting a police officer, Cpl Fred Wabwire, the in-charge of Bugiri general hospital’s police post. Wabwire says that the district L.C. V chairman slapped him, before boxing him several times …
Read More »How patients are harmed in hospitals
It starts when the safety of health workers is not a priority Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) says to ensure patient safety; priority should be placed on safety of health workers. Moses Mulumba, the executive director of CEHURD, says the …
Read More »The COVID-19 virus origin
American Intelligence to release report amid overshadowing rivalry with China Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Seventeen months since the UN World Health Organisation(WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the world is waiting anxiously for a U.S Intelligence community report on the origin of the virus. The report is …
Read More »Cost of COVID-19 critical care
Are private health facilities profiteering from pandemic? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The high cost of critical care has become a major issue since the Delta variant of the Coronavirus swept through Uganda leaving behind thousands of deaths and financially deprived families. When it hit, public hospitals where treatment …
Read More »Byabakama’s scientific election
Why it is wrong to use public health emergencies for political gain Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Electoral Commission is facing a big test to build public confidence over alleged failure to take charge of the electoral process as several presidential aspirants constantly face harassment in the hands …
Read More »Constitutional Court ruling on death of pregnant mothers
What Ugandan doctors, nurses should know about it Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Aug. 19, the Constitutional Court passed a landmark judgment in which it said the government’s failure to adequately provide basic maternal health care services especially emergency obstetric care in public hospitals violates the right to …
Read More »Ugandans no longer fear COVID-19
Here’s why that is dangerous at this time Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Up to 78% of Ugandans don’t fear COVID-19, a survey recently done and published by Whitehead Communications, a Kampala-based firm shows. That is a stark contrast to March, when the first COVID-19 case was registered in …
Read More »Inside new Mulago state of the art hospital
Uganda’s first public women’s hospital will soon open its doors. Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA| Sitting on 24,000 square meters of land on Mulago hill North of Kampala city, the 10 storey Mulago Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare Unit epitomises everything modern in a 21st century health service. The facility being …
Read More »Ignored health danger
Experts demand more money for Non-communicable Diseases Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Demands by some experts for more investment in medicines, facilities, and training of medical staff to handle rising cases of diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases that are technically referred to as Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs) has …
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