Mparo, Uganda | THE INDEPENENT | Darius Orikiriza, an enrolled nurse at Mparo Health Center IV in Mparo Town Council, Rukiga District is in police custody on allegations of raping an expectant mother. The incident allegedly took place on Monday, August 21, 2023, around 02:00 PM. The victim, a 20-year-old …
Read More »Lira hospital discharges all COVID-19 recovered patients
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Lira Regional Referral Hospital on Saturday celebrated the recovery and discharge of all the 20 COVID-19 patients. The recovered patients are part of the 21 truck drivers who tested positive for the virus at Elegu Border and were admitted at the Hospital …
Read More »Health workers concerned about reduction of patient numbers in hospitals
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 …
Read More »Health worker export to Trinidad & Tobago: Civil Society appeal to UN
Twenty–one Ugandan civil society organisations have appealed to the UN over the government’s export of health workers to the Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago. Uganda and Trinidad and Tobago entered a bilateral agreement last year to export over 250 Ugandan health workers, including highly specialized personnel to “further accelerate …
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