Ugandan negative attitude towards blood donation is cited as a factor contributing to scarcity of blood in blood banks. The blood donor recruiter with Nakasero blood Bank Ariho Franco says most Ugandan do not want to donate blood even when they are asked to do so leaving the exercise to a few people causing a big […]
Health advocates in the country are now tasking government to prioritize setting up special center that extend specialized health care to the youth in the country at all times. According to the training and development manager, Straight talk foundation, Walakira Godfrey, lack of a special care center for youth in the country’s health facilities creates more room […]
Opposition MPs condemn the action by the police authorities to deploy police officers at hospitals in order to block presidential candidates from accessing them. The opposition chief whip who is also Dokolo woman MP Cecilia Ogwal says this is abuse of state machinery, because where they are being deployed there is no insecurity. Bushenyi municipality MP Odo […]
Members of parliament on the Parliamentary Public Accounts committee of parliament were upset by discovering that the Ministry of health supplied to health facilities in the country medical equipment and these are laying on their verandas. In the meeting with Ministry of health officials led by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of health, Dr. […]
Members of parliament on the Committee of Government Assurances were saddened by the poor state of hospitals in Karamoja sub region. This was during the committee’s tour to the Karamoja sub region to examine the different pledges made by government to the people of Karamoja. The Acting Chief Administrative Officer of Abim district Mr Nelson Olwit […]
The Member of Parliament for Samia Bugwe North in Busia district Julius maganda has demanded government to stock hospitals with drugs as it used to be at the beginning of the Uganda’s independence. Maganda told journalists at parliament that from 1963 to 1973 the hospitals used to be with drugs to cater for all the […]
Public Accounts committee has observed that expired drugs had been used by Gulu hospital to treat patients. The committee chaired by Terego county member of parliament Kassiano Wadri Ezat while meeting officials from Gulu hospital led by the hospital director Dr.Nathan Onyaki noted that Gulu hospital drugs got expired in the financial year 2009/10 due […]
Medical experts around the globe encourage taking folic acid before and during pregnancy. Delivering in hospitals or health units to reduce risk of infection and keeping the baby in a clean and incompact environment is also another prevention of hydrocephalus. Sources of folic acid are beans and peas, greens such as broccoli, spinach, okra dooddo […]
Medical experts around the globe encourage taking folic acid before and during pregnancy. Delivering in hospitals or health units to reduce risk of infection and keeping the baby in a clean and incompact environment is also another prevention of hydrocephalus. Sources of folic acid are beans and peas, greens such as broccoli, spinach, okra dooddo […]
An acute shortage of blood has hit Ugandan hospitals with not a single blood unit available in some health centres to be given to patients with emergency cases. We have learnt that the blood ran out last week, and currently patients in need of blood transfusions are being referred to private clinics and hospitals. […]