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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All ambulances categorized as Type One will soon be banned from carrying patients, according to the Minister of Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng. Aceng who was speaking at a function to receive a donation of three ambulances from Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients with severe COVID-19 referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital are being forced to share wards with other critically ill patients following the closure of the COVID-19 treatment unit. A doctor who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity, says that they received a severe …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the patients who visit Ugandan hospitals have to wait for more than an hour before they can see a health worker only to be told there’s no medicine or equipment to assist in their diagnosis, according to a survey …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital is scheduled to reopen to the general public on March 1, the principal administrator Muhammad Mubiru has revealed. The hospital closed the outpatient, dental, optical, maternal and child care departments in March 2020 to focus on the effective management of COVID-19 …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana district authorities want the government to elevate Mityana General Hospital to a Regional Referral facility to effectively handle the high volume of patients. Led by the Housing and Lands Minister, and former Mityana District Woman Member of parliament, Judith Nabakooba, the leaders have resolved …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients have expressed concern over the poor services at Bundibugyo General Hospital. They argue that the facility lacks drugs and some of its emergency equipment is grounded. Libuma Muhindo who was recently admitted to the facility after being diagnosed with malaria, says that he was …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. Tuesday said final results show that its novel COVID-19 oral antiviral tablets could reduce risk of hospitalization or death by close to 90 percent for high-risk patients. The results, based on an analysis of over 2,000 patients in a phase …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO has updated its guidelines on COVID-19 therapeutics, excluding use of convalescent plasma for non-severe COVID-19 patients. While the organization gives researchers testing efficacy of plasma in treating severe and critical COVID-19 patients in clinical trials a go ahead, they say in their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A doctor attached to Amach health centre IV is in trouble for allegedly extorting money from patients. Dr. Pius Omach, who doubles as a surgeon at the facility is being accused of demanding money from patients before they can be operated on. According to reports, …

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations and sometimes loss of awareness Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For over five years, Maria Nakiwala has been taking four tablets daily to keep her epileptic episodes in control. Nakiwala says …