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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, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers are concerned about the reduction in the number of patients in hospitals. The health workers argue that the reduction could result in a serious public health crisis for the country. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, President Yoweri Museveni put in place measures to …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday  discharged three patients who have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) from Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. Uganda has had 54 confirmed cases of which 18 are said to have recovered. Most patients are receiving treatment at Entebbe and Mulago …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients discharged from hospitals around Masaka can now find transport means to their respective homes after a clearance by Herman Ssentongo, the Masaka Resident District Commissioner. Ssentongo has responded to the outcries of scores of discharged patients that have been stuck at different hospitals …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients seeking diagnostic treatment aided by Computerized Tomography (CT) Scans in Northern Uganda are unhappy due to limited access to radio technology services. CT scan machines are used in the diagnosis of illnesses like muscle and bone disorders, such as bone tumours and fractures. It …

Lango, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Authorities at St John the XXIII Hospital Aber have announced their plans of starting up a Training Institute for nurses with an emphasis on Competence Based Learning.  Commonly referred to by the locals as Atapara Hospital, Aber is determined to protect its patients through interpersonal …