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BY GEORGE EMURON SOROTI: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 23, 2021 The police officers in Soroti district have Wednesday arrested 37 people and produced them to court at Soroti City for violating the standing operating procedures issued by ministry of health. The victims arrested were rounded up by police in bars at night …

BY GEORGE EMURON BUKEDEA: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 20, 2021 Following the ongoing struggle between government and teachers to get covid19 vaccination exercise targeted to be covered before schools reopens, authorities in Bukedea district have registered positive progress of teaching being vaccinated. Geofery Okiswa the resident district commissioner Bukedea who doubles as …

BY GEORGE EMURON  BUKEDEA: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 20, 2021 Authorities in the health department in Bukedea district have vowed to code cross emergency hospital in Katekwen so as to boast the health services to the community. Stephen Ikodet the district health officer Bukedea says much as cross emergency hospital is a …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Ministry of Health setup a National Newborn Steering Committee to make sure no child dies at birth. This comes after thousands of children are born too soon each year and need special care under Neonatal Intensive Care Unit until they grow well. Preterm birth is defined as …

  BY INNOCENT ATUGANYIRA MASINDI: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 14, 2021 Residents in Masindi district Bunyoro subregion Western Uganda have shunned hand washing which is contrary to the ministry of health guidelines in fight against the deadly corona virus pandemic. Ministry of Uganda imposed the standard operating procedures including washing hands, keeping …

By Goodluck Musinguzi Dr Diana Atwine and a technical team from Ministry of Health inspected the newly finished extension blocks at Buwenge General Hospital. The Hospital was built to decongest Jinja Regional Referral Hospital which also handles referrals from lower health facilities in Jinja,Luuka and Kamuli districts. Buwenge General Hospital …

By George Emuron Bukedea:- T Seven years ago, Cross Emergency Hospital started an ambitious project of constructing a state of the art theater housed a new building. The administrators could not hide their joy yesterday when they commissioned the project based in Katekwan village in Koena Sub County. James Adiba,  the …

By Goodluck Musinguzi National Medical Stores has airlifted Oxygen Cylinders to Soroti Regional Center which is the epicenter of Covid19 infections in Uganda followed by Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. In a statement this evening(09/09/2021), NMS, with support from Uganda People’s Defence Forces has airlifted 53 filled Oxygen cylinders to Soroti …

By George Emuron Bukedea: –Following the demand for an ambulance to handle referral cases in Bukedea district, the patients pressured the County Member of Parliament’s Political Assistant to hire primo cars as the Mp ambulance got broken down and ferried for mechanical repair. Sam Muron the Political Assistant for Hon …

BY GEORGE EMURON BUKEDEA: WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER, 08, 2021 The district chairperson bukedea Moses Olemukan has tasked the office of the district health officer to speed up on the payment of covid19 facilitation funds of Village Health Teams – VHTs Mr. Olemukan today’s morning during an engagement meeting with the district …