Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intensive Care Unit-ICU at Lira Hospital is operating without specialized staff. A report presented to the Parliamentary COVID-19 Task Force shows that the ICU has 3 doctors, 2 medical officers, 2 specialist ICU nurses and 6 support staff. An ideal intensive care unit requires …
Read More »Lira hospital gets blood bank
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has got a blood bank. The facility was set up by the Health Ministry in partnership with Star Pharmaceutical company. The blood bank comprises an Architect i2000 Elalyasar machine that will be used for screening, testing and analyzing blood. The blood …
Read More »Lira regional hospital gets 10 ICU beds
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has received 10 ICU beds from the Ministry of Health. Two other beds were also given to Lira University Hospital. Each of the ICU beds has a ventilator to aid breathing for patients and oxygen supply systems, among other specialised systems. …
Read More »Lira hospital management tasked to explain failure to recruit staff
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has been tasked to explain the failure to utilize 665 million Shillings allocated for the recruitment of staff. The hospital only spent 8.9 billion Shillings out of a total budget of 8.23 billion Shillings allocated during the financial year 2018/2019. But …
Read More »MPs probe delayed completion of Lira hospital staff housing project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament have reprimanded the director of Lira Regional Referral Hospital Dr Stephen Obbo for the delayed completion of a 2.7 billion Shillings staff housing project. Dr Obbo appeared before the committee on Monday to respond to queries in …
Read More »Lira hospital staff on the run for theft of medical supplies
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Bwambale, a domestic assistant in charge of Kitchen and Laundry services at Lira Regional Referral Hospital is at large for alleged theft of medical supplies at the hospital. He is wanted for the theft of 16 packets of surgical gloves and two boxes of …
Read More »Lira hospital discharges all COVID-19 recovered patients
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Lira Regional Referral Hospital on Saturday celebrated the recovery and discharge of all the 20 COVID-19 patients. The recovered patients are part of the 21 truck drivers who tested positive for the virus at Elegu Border and were admitted at the Hospital …
Read More »COVID-19: Lira regional hospital should prepare to handle more cases
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health officials have advised the health team in Lira District to brace up to handle more positive Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients as the country continue to register more cases. Although Lira is already overwhelmed with patients just like the other Referral hospitals in the …
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