Mbale Hospital Suspends Major Surgical operations
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has suspended some surgical operations following the breakdown of the autoclave machine at the main theater....
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Arua Residents to Start paying for Ambulance
Arua district is considering implementing the ambulance user fee. The proposal to levy a fee for ambulance services was made...
Scientists Urged To Disseminate Research Findings At Home
Scientists meeting for their 14 annual scientific conferences in Kampala are urging researchers to disseminate findings of their works in...
6 Ebola Cases Reported In DRC
A total of six suspected Ebola cases have been reported in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The latest cases were...
WHO Approves Garment That Reduces Maternal Deaths
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved an anti-shock garment that decreases bleeding during child-birth and reverses shocks reducing chances...
Soroti Referral Hospital Blood Shortage Leaves 8 Dead
At least eight people have died in Soroti and Amuria districts due to lack of blood. Three of the victims...
WHO Wants HIV, Syphilis Treated Together
The Director of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Marleen Temmerman has advised that HIV,...
Court Issues Arrest Warrant for PS Lukwago
The Anti-corruption Court has ordered for the arrest of the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Asuman Lukwago over charges...
MEDIA SIEGE DAY 5: Fort Portal Hospital Medical Workers Call Off Strike
Health workers at Fort Portal Referral hospital have called off their sit down strike after meeting the hospital administrators and...
Luweero HIV/AIDS Victims Hit Hard by Drug Shortage
As Uganda marked 30th International Aids Candlelight Memorial day, more than 8000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Luweero are crying...
Families of Nodding Disease Patients Need Counselling Too
Nodding Disease Victims There is need to provide effective counselling for families with members suffering from mental health ailments such...
Parliament Calls For Greater Supervision of Health Training Institutes
MPs on the Education Committee have questioned the essence of health institutions being supervised by the Ministry of Education instead...
400 Ugandans infected with HIV Daily
According to the 2011 National HIV Indicator Survey, the prevalence rates among Ugandans between the ages of 15 to 19...
Kitagata Hospital On The Verge Of Collapse
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30 Health Workers To Lose Jobs in Kasese
Over thirty health workers who were recruited this year by the Kasese district local government are on the verge of...
Two Hospitalised As Cholera Resurfaces In Arua
Two people are admitted at Oli health centre in Arua where they were rushed to by their relatives after showing...
New Gonorrhea Strain could be deadlier than AIDS – Experts Warn
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 According to reports, the antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea HO41 was found...
Soroti Hospital Turns Away Patients at Night
The Soroti regional referral hospital Out Patients Department has not worked at night for a week now. This follows the...
Health Ministry To Distribute Mosquito Nets Fiday
The Ministry of Health will Friday roll out the distribution of 21 million insecticide treated mosquito nets throughout the country....
Soroti Nursing School Students Decry Fees Structure
Students of Soroti Comprehensive Nursing School have decried the differences in the fees structure. They claim that in October, November...