Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The uplift of the Intensive care unit-ICU at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital will boost health service delivery, legislators on the government assurance and implementation committee have revealed. In the wake of the covid19 pandemic, Jinja Regional Referral Hospital struggled to handle critical patients due to …
Read More »Jinja hospital emergency unit temporarily closes after COVID-19 deaths
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Regional Referral Hospital has temporarily closed its emergency unit following the death of two male COVID-19 patients at the facility. Although the facility was disinfected on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, patients and their attendants started fleeing for fear of contracting Covid-19. As a …
Read More »Medical council to hear case of intern who pulled off baby’s arm tomorrow
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An inquiry in which six doctors at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital are being investigated for negligence after a medical intern pulled off a new born’s hand during a caesarean section starts on Friday. Dr Katumba Ssentongo, the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC) …
Read More »Doctors blame Jinja botched C-section on shortage of specialists
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several interns deployed in health facilities across the country are not supervised, creating a loophole with far-reaching implications for the sector. This is according to Dr Richard Idro the President of Uganda Medical Association. Dr Idro observes that while more than a hundred specialist …
Read More »Jinja ICU dysfunctional due to lack of batteries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intensive Care Unit-ICU at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital is dysfunctional due to lack of solar batteries to power the unit. Aisha Lubega Aligawesa, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Nursing at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, says the unit has been dysfunctional for two …
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