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Uganda: Committee directs Health Ministry on Computed Tomography (CT)-scan user fees

It is also alleged that those going for vaccination are being charged Shs10,000 in Lira

Daily Monitor Friday July 30 2021 Summary Officials attribute the lower infections to lockdown, but other health experts say such gains are not sustainable unless the government ramps up immunisation. Advertisement Covid hospitalisation numbers have dropped almost by half to 620, from the second pre-second lockdown pandemic rates that overwhelmed medical facilities and left patients choking on insufficient medical oxygen. June 26 data shows a reduction in the numbers of Covid in-patients by 11, although it remains unclear those who recovered were discharged or lost the battle. Health ministry...

Daily Monitor Friday May 07 2021 A health worker educates suspected Covid-19 patients about precautionary measures at the isolation facility of Lira School of Nursing and Midwifery in Lira Town on April 17, 2020. PHOTO/BILL OKETCH Summary The district Covid-19 taskforce last week suggested that the district be put under lockdown to control the spread of the disease to other districts in Lango Sub-region. The cases come at a time when many people in the area are no longer observing the standard operating procedures. Advertisement Oyam District has recorded 202 cases of Covid-19 in a span of th...

Daily Monitor Thursday January 07 2021 Covi-19 patients being transported to Masaka Regional Referral Hospital on May 26,2020.Medical doctors, who are treating Covid-19 patients, have expressed worry over the rising numbers of mental health complications. PHOTO /FILE Summary Trend. “The numbers started increasing in the last three weeks and death rates tend to be higher among those patients with neurological complications. We are still investigating what could have triggered the increase,” Dr Bruce Kirenga, the director of Makerere University Lung Institute. Advertisement Doctors, who are...