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 reliable supply of ART drugs and our services have not been discontinued due to the US leader’s step as rumours are doing the rounds; please continue coming for these services because we have stocks to keep us running as usual,” Dr. Kasirye reported.
Kasirye said the hospital has one of the busiest AIDS support clinics handling close to 5,000 clients, and thanked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni whose efforts he said, resulted in establishment and continued service of the clinic.
He made the remarks while giving an account of trends of development at Mukono General Hospital at a function where mobilisers of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Mukono Municipality were meeting to chart a way forward in reawakening the party’s support ahead of the party primary elections preceding the 2026 general elections.
Dr. Kasirye reported that a number of constructions have been carried on, including a non-residential Out Patient Department (OPD) which cost close to sh1.4bn an ante-natal care shed funded by the Rotary Club, renovation of the IPD building by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a kitchen and walkway to the incinerator and a water borne toilet which cost sh49m.
Other constructed projects include a medical store worth sh220m provided by the Ministry of Health, completion of the mortuary, renovation of the maternity ward and renovation of the incinerator using Primary Health Care (PHC) funds.
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Among challenges faced by the unit, Dr. Kasirye singled out limited working space and inadequate infrastructure especially for maternal and child health (MCH), improper road access to the main highway, lack of an X-ray and microbiology equipment, inadequate drugs budget in comparison to the patient load, and inadequate funding following the ever increasing demands against the exit of implementing partners.
The Hospital Superintendent however pointed out developments including two ambulances for coordinating Emergency Medical Services (EMS) throughout the district, operational theatre services for minor and major surgery, prostate clinic, mental, eye, sickle cells and chronic care clinics and paediatric hernia surgery camps.
He also reported that the hospital acquired a donation of two COVID-19 double cabin trucks, a TATA double cabin truck, installation of CCTV cameras and others.
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