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Paris, France | AFP | A study of nearly 100,000 coronavirus patients has shown no benefit in treating them with anti-viral drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and even increased the likelihood of them dying in hospital. Hydroxychloroquine is normally used to treat arthritis but pronouncement from public figures including US President Donald …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Regional Referral Hospital has run out space for coronavirus patients. The Ministry of Health designated Masaka hospital as the management centre for COVID-19 patients in the sub-region following a decision to decentralize the COVID-19 case treatment services. Dr Nathan Onyaki, the hospital medical …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors working at different hospitals report having a huge drop in both in and outpatients at their respective work stations something that they worry might overwhelm them when President Yoweri Museveni finally lifts the lockdown. The doctors were attending a virtual meeting organized by …

Sorotia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Staff at Princess Diana Memorial HCIV in Soroti Municipality have laid down tools over the lack of  face masks for attending to patients.  The staffs are concerned that while the COVID-19 pandemic is claiming lives in different parts of the world, Soroti Hospital isn’t providing …

Mpigi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health authorities in Mpigi District are mooting for the elevation of Nakasongola health centre IV to a hospital status to improve service delivery.  The Health Center receives an average of 800 patients every month. It also attends to accident victims along the Kampala-Masaka Highway.   It …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than LCI Chairpersons in Arua Municipality on Saturday stormed the offices of Arua RDC Nahori Oya demanding for Personal Protective Equipment.   The chairpersons argue that they need the PPEs since they are at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 without protective gears when moving …

Paris, France | AFP | Some 28.4 million planned surgeries could be cancelled or postponed globally due to the new coronavirus pandemic, according to new research warning that huge backlogs risk “potentially devastating” consequences for patients and health systems. The study, published this week in the British Journal of Surgery, modelled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has set a limit on the number of COVID-19 patients that the facility can handle. This is in response to the surging number of COVID-19 patients being sent to the facility for management and treatment. The hospital is treating five …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Luweero hospital is struggling to contain an increasing number of patients, in the absence of hospital beds. The increase in patient numbers follows the elevation of the facility from a Health Centre IV to a Hospital status in September.  Records show that the number of …

Washington, United States | AFP |  More US states eased pandemic lockdown measures on Friday even as coronavirus deaths rose, while American authorities greenlighted an experimental drug for emergency use on patients. Washington also renewed its warnings to Beijing a day after President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on China, …