Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
Dr. Kizza Beisgye is in critical condition, says his lawyer, Erias Lukwago. In a communication passed on Lukwago’s X handle 12 minutes ago, he has said that Dr. Besigye needs more prayers as he is currently admitted in a private medical facility at Bugoloobi where he was rushed in an ambulance after his health condition […]
Mukono General Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr. Godfrey Kasirye has allayed fears of disruption in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) drug and service dispensation at the unit following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw medical assistance and withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO), and called on clients to continue pursuing these services normally. “We have a […]
The move by United States President Donald Trump to order a suspension of US foreign aid that came with a funding halt on HIV treatment has come with wide misinformation about drug access. This has caused fear and could turn away clients from picking their refills, affect their progress in care and endanger their health. […]
A 27-year old bar attendant who was working with Choice Club in Wakiso is currently confined in her bed at home and completely run down with no money to buy food, pay rent, replenish her drug stock or pay school fees for her three dependent learners. Rehema Namuddu is currently under the care of her […]
Angry residents of three villages of Kiryammuli, Kigoogwa and Kkungu in Gombe Division, Wakiso district, have expressed anguish over a nauseating smell emanating from a fertilizer manufacturing factory in their area, operated by M/S Dei Pharma, a company run by foreign investors. In a meeting convened by the Mayor for Gombe Division, Ronald Kasirivu Kabembula […]
Medical Directors of Church of Uganda-founded hospitals have raised alarm over the growing medical legal challenges that threaten the economic sustainability of their institutions. During a meeting held on Tuesday at the Provincial Secretariat in Namirembe, the Medical Directors shared concerns about the increasing number of patients turning to litigation, often in cases lacking substantial […]
The parliamentary committee for health has established that although pork is the most widely consumed meat in the country, only Masaka and Kampala cities have only one gazetted abattoir each for slaughtering pigs. Committee chairperson Joseph Ruyonga (Hoima West Division) told parliament on Wednesday that out of nine cities and four districts inspected, it was […]
Rubaga Hospital has refuted the allegations that Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya is dead. However, the hospital has said that Ssegirinya is “brain dead” and “all his organs have shut down!” The acting executive director for Rubaga Hospital, Sr. Dr. Grace Nannyondo said that though Ssegirinya is brain dead and all his organs […]
Wakiso district health authorities and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are in frantic moves to immediately identify an alternative care centre for suspected victims of the dreaded Mpox disease after Entebbe Grade B Hospital earlier set aside for the purpose, getting full to capacity. The two health authorities are now eyeing Buloba Kitawuluzi Health Centre […]
“I am irked by parents who take their girl-children with the psychosocial problem for sterilization because they do not want the girls to give them an extra burden of a baby! This is a big crime because it denies the girls a chance to enjoy the right to form a family! The sterilization issue has been […]
