Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority-NDA has partnered with Mbarara Regional referral hospital to report Adverse Drug Reactions. Adverse Drug effects can occur as a result of contamination during transportation or storage, poor prescription, counterfeit products, and allergies. In 2019, the National Pharmacovigilance Center received 603 reports …
Read More »Mbarara Covid-19 isolation unit turned into Infectious diseases and research centre
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Covid-19 isolation centre at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital is to be renamed the Infectious Diseases and Research Centre. The construction of the isolation centre that started during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 cost up to two billion Shillings. The centre which is now awaiting …
Read More »Mbarara hospital neonatal unit struggles with staff shortage
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The neonatal unit at Mbarara regional referral hospital is struggling with staffing gaps, which affects service delivery especially care for premature babies. The unit and the referral hospital in general serve patients from districts in Uganda and the neighboring Rwanda, and Tanzania. There are currently …
Read More »Staff shortage stretches services at Mbarara hospital cancer unit
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of staff at the cancer unit of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital is over-stretching the care services. The unit has only one qualified pediatrician and senior oncologist, with six nurses that assist the doctor. The ward also gets one other doctor who comes as a …
Read More »Conjoined twins separated at Mbarara hospital responding to treatment
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The conjoined twins separated at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital are in good health. The twins that were joined on the umbilical cord were separated on Friday last week by a team of eight medics. Halson Kagure, the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Public Relations Officer, says the twins …
Read More »Five COVID-19 patients discharged from Mbarara hospital
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five patients who have recovered from COVID-19 have been discharged from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The discharged patients include three who were transferred from Kasensero in Kyotera district and two cases from Isingiro district. Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Director Dr Celestine Barigye said that …
Read More »Mbarara hospital gets UGX 234m to construct permanent isolation centre
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital has received a boost of 243 million shillings from Mbarara University of Science and Technology for the construction of a permanent isolation center. Currently, the hospital uses tarpaulin to host the isolation centre, which receives patients from various western Uganda …
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