Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district COVID-19 taskforce is seeking to create a holding centre at Gulu Region Referral Hospital for treating children infected with COVID-19. Dozens of breastfeeding mothers who tested positive for the virus disease are undergoing treatment at the facility. Already one of the six …
Read More »Five new COVID-19 patients admitted at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five COVID-19 positive patients have been admitted at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Of the five, three were cargo truck drivers from Elegu One-Stop Border Post while the other two were traced community contacts identified by surveillance team from Adjumani district. Bishop Loum Janani, the …
Read More »31 health workers deployed to boost COVID-19 treatment in Gulu hospital
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 31 health workers have been deployed at the COVID-19 treatment unit at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Eight of the health workers are from the World Health Organization (WHO) while others from the Ministry of Health and the rest are locally trained staff from the …
Read More »Gulu hospital admits 5 new COVID-19 patients, discharges 5 others
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has admitted five new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged five others who recovered from the contagion. Among the discharged are three Ugandans and two Kenyan truck drivers. The number of those discharged brings to nine, the cumulative tally …
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