Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical professionals at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City have urged parents to embrace mandatory sickle cell screening for newborns as part of an effort to tackle the rising burden of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) among children. The call, according to medics, would …
Read More »In Goma, medics fight for life under rebel rule
GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | In Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where war has redrawn borders and scattered families, a hospital has emerged as a beacon of resilience amid the ruins. Now under the control of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, …
Read More »Medics ask government to criminalize the use of cannabis
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Butabika National Referral Hospital, Dr Juliet Nakku implored Members of Parliament to ignore the economic pressures and ban the production and sale of cannabis and khat. Nakku said that their consumption contributes greatly to mental health cases and poses social and economic …
Read More »Alienating intern doctors is a naive and ill-advised costs saving strategy
While internship is part of one’s training towards being a licensed doctor, in practice, it is how care is delivered in training hospitals across the country COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | On Friday, May 12th, government issued a newly proposed policy to address what now appears to be a …
Read More »Arua hospital medics alarmed by high acute malnutrition cases
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Arua Regional Referral hospital are concerned about increasing cases of acute malnutrition among children. Acute malnutrition is a form of under nutrition caused by a decrease in food consumption or illness that results in sudden weight loss. Often children with acute malnutrition …
Read More »Baby dies after circumcision: medics flee
Palisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT l Two staff at Palisa general government hospital are on the run over the death of 4 months old boy who passed on short after undergoing circumcision. According to Emily Alaso, the North Bukedi police regional public relation officer, the baby died due to convulsions. A …
Read More »No scientific studies have found gene responsible for homosexuality – Medics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have said there is so far no scientific study done in Uganda or abroad that has found a definitive gene responsible for homosexuality. This comes amidst concerns raised regarding whether gay or queer sexual expression occurs naturally as …
Read More »Striking medics threaten to go to court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Striking medical interns who were on Friday directed by the Ministry of Health to among others vacate hospital premises within one week are contemplating running to court. Dr. Herbert Luswata, the General Secretary of Uganda Medical Association (UMA) on Saturday said that they …
Read More »Health ministry to block unvaccinated medics from accessing hospitals
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied access to hospitals. This comes at a time when health workers are hesitant to get vaccinated. According to the health ministry’s plan, by now, at least 150,000 health workers should have been fully …
Read More »Entebbe hospital staff in panic as ten medics battle Covid-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital are in panic after ten other medics contracted COVID-19 while on duty. The ten medics have been on treatment for three weeks now, putting a toll on the facility which has more than 130 patients, 48 of them …
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