Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health- MOH has commenced installation works of an oxygen plant at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. The casualty ward at Entebbe hospital is currently undergoing remodelling to host the oxygen plant. This includes breaking walls of the two-roomed ward to create three rooms for the oxygen …
Read More »COVID-19: Entebbe hospital admits eleven pregnant returnees
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Hospital has admitted eleven expecting women who recently returned into the country and have symptoms of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Majority of these expecting women are in their second or third trimesters. They are also among the 270 Ugandans and legal residents who returned from United …
Read More »ICT engineer disinfects Entebbe hospital, police stations at own cost
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Semu Nsibirwa, an ICT Engineer and proprietor of Mobile Computers LTD, a software and hardware store on Kampala Road has been disinfecting Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital and police stations in Entebbe and Kisubi for the past three weeks at his own cost. He made the decision when …
Read More »Entebbe hospital scales down operations to focus on coronavirus cases
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital is scaling down on provision of other services to focus on the management of COVID-19 cases. The hospital currently has over 20 people suspected of having the disease and is treating 10 of the 18 confirmed cases in Uganda. The …
Read More »Entebbe hospital overwhelmed by huge numbers seeking to test
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital is overwhelmed by the huge number of people seeking to test for the coronavirus disease-COVD-19. The Hospital Director, Dr. Moses Muwanga, says that several people have shown up seeking to test ever since the Health Ministry asked people who have traveled in …
Read More »National isolation center dilapidated, unable to handle coronavirus emergencies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the raging coronavirus threat, the National isolation center in Entebbe is ill equipped to receive and handle any emergency, Uganda Radio Network has learnt. The center, which is found on Manyago hill close to Anderita beach on the shoreline of Lake Victoria in Entebbe …
Read More »