The Ministry of Health is planning to phase out all non-specialised or class ‘A’ ambulances in the country. This is intended to standardise emergency medical rescue services in the country, Diana Atwine, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Health, on Wednesday. She made the remarks during the National Resistance Movement (NRM) manifesto week press…
The International Specialised Hospital of Uganda (ISHU) does not have a contractor on its 32-hectare piece of land at Lubowa. Contractors either provide materials or labour to do a job. The revelation was made yesterday by Mr George Otim, a Commissioner for Infrastructure at the Health ministry while interfacing with members of Parliament’s Health Committee,…
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine has been given a last chance to appear in court and testify in a case in which two people are accused of inciting violence by dropping a casket demanding her immediate resignation for allegedly mishandling COVID-19 response funds. Augustine Ojobile and Sharif Kawooya were…
Ministry of Health permanent Secretary Dr. Diana Atwine today led a Project Steering Committee to inspect the ongoing construction works of six bunkers for cancer machines. Also under construction is office space and wards for the Uganda Cancer Institute all expected to be completed by the end of this year. Workaholic Dr Atwine said that…
The Ministry of Health has finalised arrangements to help Ugandans stranded abroad return home. The 300 are mostly domestic workers who entered Saudi Arabia illegally and are currently held in deportation centers, while others do not have funds to survive in the country, yet others tested positive for COVID-19 and want to return home but…
Attention has been drawn to a video currently circulating on social media where Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Hon. Muhammad Nsereko made what I will not term as malicious but uninformed false allegations on the cost of COVID-19 testing in the country. The Legislator alleged that; I. The Ministry of Health is using Rapid Diagnostic…
The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine has told members of parliament that most hand sanitizers being sold on the Ugandan market in the effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 are fake. Dr Atwine made this claim on Wednesday while appearing before the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament where she is being…
