Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police on Wednesday blocked doctors under the Uganda Medical Association-UMA from marching to Parliament. The doctors who include medical interns, representatives of dental pre-interns, nurses, and midwives at the Bachelor level were led by the President of UMA, Dr. Samuel Oledo. They wanted to deliver a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic that has put a halt on foreign travels has exposed how some of the trips including those seeking treatment abroad are just unnecessary, medical experts have observed. Dr William Anzo, a researcher and gynecologist at Mulago Hospital told Uganda Radio Network …
Read More »Experts explain discrepancies in COVID-19 laboratory tests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As investigations into negative COVID-19 cases that are wrongly declared positive take route in different countries including neighboring Kenya, experts in Uganda say that wrong results shouldn’t be a cause for alarm. Speaking to URN on Thursday, Dr. Stephen Kiyimba, a microbiologist and executive …
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