Doctors

Parliamentary health committee decries state of public health facilities

Parliamentary health committee decries state of public health facilities

The parliamentary health committee report released to parliament on public health facilities in Kampala district and eastern Uganda has exposed rot in performance of the ministry of health over health service delivery to public. While presenting to parliament a health report the chairperson of the parliamentary health committee who is the MP for Bukuya county […]

Health minister calls for intervention to curtail brain drain

Health minister calls for intervention to curtail brain drain

The minister of Health Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye says that government should have an intervention to cut on the number of health experts running abroad for better pay. Dr. Tumwesigye says that the ministries of public service and finance should speed up the law establishing the salaries remuneration board that will remunerate health experts in a better […]

Mulago Doctors join patient’s cut off hands

Doctors in Mulago hospital say Pamela Asiimwe, 26, a teacher in Ntungamo whose hands were chop off by a UPDF soldier Deus Twinamasiko and left her hands hanging in the skin is out of danger. The head of surgeon at Mulago hospital Dr. Michael Muhumuza said that Pamela Asiimwe will recover despite of sustaining serious […]

Doctors at Mulago Hospital report progress on the conjoined twins

Doctors at Mulago hospital are reporting steady progress made by the conjoined twins who await an operation to separate them. Two weeks ago, the doctors announced that the conjoined twins needed to jointly weigh at least 10kgs before the operation can be carried out. The babies’ mother Rossette Tusiime says the twins now weigh 5.8kgs, […]