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Amuria accident death toll rises to 13 after lorry plunged in swamp
AMURIA– 13 bodies of traders who died in a fatal motor accident after the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into Alomain Bridge along Alakaituk-Amuria road in Amuria district have been retrieved.…
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MPs quiz Masaka hospital boss over Shs 2.5bln inflated contract
KAMPALA-Legislators on Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts-Central Government have tasked the former director of Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Dr Nathan Onyachi to explain why he spent an extra Shs Shs2.5 billion not…
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Health
PAG Mission Hospital gets modern theater
LIRA– PAG Mission Hospital in Lira City has constructed a modern operating theater to serve people in Lango Sub-region. The theater, named Dr. Herbert Ros Operating Theater, was constructed with funding from…
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Bugiri police probe deaths of mother and baby
BUGIRI– Police and health authorities in Bugiri district are investigating the circumstances under which a mother and her baby died in labour in Bugiri General Hospital recently. The deceased, identified as Monica Nalubanga,32,…
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Tororo district probes health workers over extortion, harassment
TORORO – Tororo district is investigating allegations of extortion and harassment of patients by some health workers. The authorities say the investigation follows a public outcry about medical workers asking patients for…
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Development
Neonatal care unit saves 40 babies in one month
BUTALEJA– Busolwe General Hospital’s first-ever neonatal intensive care unit has saved up to 40 babies in less than one month, authorities have said. The unit, which was launched in March this year,…
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Masindi district bosses hold baraza on health service delivery
MASINDI– Masindi Resident District Commissioner [RDC], Emmy Ngabirano in partnership with the district leaders have embarked on community accountability meeting [ Baraza ] aimed at improving health service delivery in the district.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UBOS, ICT Ministry undertake PDM baseline data collection
KAMPALA– Uganda Bureau of Statistics [UBOS] in partnership with the Ministry of ICT & National Guidance has announced the ongoing process of baseline data collection to inform the government’s implementation of the…
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Mbarara hospital receives Shs 70mln ultrasound scan
MBARARA– Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital [MRRH] has received an ultrasound scan from Seed Global Health, a non-governmental organisation that operates worldwide. According to Dr Prisca Kizito, an emergency physician at MRRH and a…
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Soroti hospital gets money for x-ray machine
SOROTI– The Imaging Department of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital will this year get a new x-ray machine, two years after the one that was operating broke down. This is after the hospital…
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