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Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng to bring a statement to Parliament next week responding to the concerns by some Members of Parliaments about the small size of condoms in Uganda. Tayebwa has also tasked the Ministry of Health to make sure that the public is […]
Health workers at Mayuge Health Centre IV have confessed to charging expectant mothers C-section fees over inadequate government supplies to the facility. They charge between sh250,000-300,000 for C-section to mothers in need of this services as a means of reducing maternal mortality. The money is used to largely purchase anaesthetic drugs and other post recovery […]
Moses Kabangi, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Environmental Health has been interdicted over allegations of soliciting money from medical interns with the promise of deploying them in favourable hospitals. The Senior Public Relations Officer in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Emmanuel Ainebyoona, revealed this to URN in an interview. He explained that the commissioner had been cited […]
Fabrice Brad Rulinda, the Mayor of Entebbe Municipality, emphasized the pressing need to establish additional healthcare facilities to augment specialized services, especially for underprivileged communities. The mayor’s insightful remarks were delivered on Sunday evening as he addressed the spouses of G77 summit heads of state during their visit to the Entebbe Children’s Surgical Hospital. The […]
The State House Anti-corruption Unit is investigating allegations of bribery involved in the the deployment of medical interns. Seven medical interns were scheduled for interrogation on Thursday in the continuing investigation into concerns of corruption and bribery within medical internship deployment. The invited interns are currently deployed at Mulago, Arua, St. Kizito Hospital Matany, […]
Patients, their attendants and health workers at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital are panicking following the confirmation of five COVID 19 positive cases that are currently admitted and isolated at the facility. Dr. Anne Namutebi, a physician at the hospital has confirmed that since the last week of December 2023 up to January 2024, they […]
A 24-year-old Mary Babirye attributes her being alive as a God-given second chance. Babirye recalls the last six-month grave pain and suffering, characterised by the swellings of her face, stomach, hands, legs and the breathing complications, saying she can now smile without any pain. She recalls that her mother together with her other close relatives […]
The administrators of Mukono Church of Uganda Hospital have appointed Dr. Joyce Nannozi as the hospital Medical Director. Dr. Nannozi who will take over from January 1, 2024 replaces Dr. Simon Peter Nsingo who was recently appointed the Medical Director of Mengo Hospital. Dr. Nannozi, a passionate Gynecologist with experience in Health Care Management and […]
The First Lady, Janet Museveni has tested positive to COVID 19, President Museveni has confirmed. President Museveni in his communication through her X handle said that Maama Janet was forced to do a COVID test after a sandy feeling in her throat. “On Christmas day, after a family lunch, Maama Janet started feeling kukarakaatwa (sandy […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on December 22, 2023 met a group of surgeons from Mulago National Referral Hospital who performed the first ever Kidney transplant in Uganda at the facility last Wednesday. The group that paid a courtesy call on President Museveni at State House, Entebbe was led by the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane […]
