Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kawolo hospital is yet to deliver services to residents according to expectation despite undergoing major rehabilitation in 2017. The hospital lacks key staff which is affecting service delivery. The rehabilitation works also included the construction of a new outpatient department, a fully equipped theatre with three …
Read More »Kawolo hospital restricts ambulance to critical emergencies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constant breakdown of the only ambulance at Kawolo hospital has forced management to reserve it for critical emergencies in Ssezibwa region. Although Kawolo hospital receives a big number of emergencies because of its strategic location along the busy Kampala-Jinja Highway, the facility has a …
Read More »Extortion, corruption bothers Kawolo hospital management
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administration of Kawolo Hospital is concerned over reports that its staff members extort money from patients and delay services to those that fail to heed to the demands for payments. Dr Joshua Kiberu, the Kawolo Hospital superintendent explained to URN that the habit …
Read More »Delayed installation of equipment hampering emergency service delivery at Kawolo hospital
Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly refurbished Kawolo hospital in Lugazi municipality in Buikwe district is still unable to handle critical emergency cases due to lack of equipment. The hospital, which is strategically located along Kampala-Jinja Highway, was rehabilitated at the cost of US$11.8m (about Shillings 40b) from Spanish …
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