The Ministry of Health has said only travellers that have been fully vaccinated will not need to under go a Covid-19 tests on arrival into the country. The confirmation was made through a statement released by the Health Ministry today. Only people who are fully vaccinated will not have to pay for PCR test on…
Nurses and midwives under their umbrella body of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) have called off their strike, 5 days after they declared to lay down their tools over uncleared lunch allowances. The decision to end the strike was reached after successful negotiations with government to cater for their lunch allowances at Shs.…
Nurses and midwives leaders across the country under their umbrella body, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union have threatened to lay down their tools over government’s failure to fulfill various promises. Among other issues, they say government has failed to fulfil its promise of increasing their lunch allowances from Shs 2200 to Shs15000 per day.…
Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has amended a petition challenging the outcome of the just-concluded presidential race which was filed in the Supreme Court by his team. The results released by the Electoral Commission gave Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, a candidate of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party, a 58 percent majority victory, against Kyagulanyi’s…
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has been hit by lack of water for the past one week exposing the lives of patients and medical workers to risk. The sanitary and hygienic conditions of all wards plus other hospital facilities is appalling causing anxiety among the medical staff. The maternity, causality ward among other departments are struggling…
Medics involved in the treatment of COVID-19 have asked the government to set up follow up clinics. They say the current practice of government discharging patients the moment they test negative leaves many of them experiencing long term effects with no medical care. According to scientists, people who suffer from COVID-19 experience long-term effects sometimes…
By Thecapitaltimes Investigative Team Officials of the Ministry of Health are in deep trouble for allegedly procuring substandard COVID-19 protective gear for medical personnel, which has resulted into many of them getting infected and others dying of the virus. It should be noted that when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March this year, the…
40 medical workers have been infected with COVID-19, at Mbarara regional referral hospital. Dr. Celestine Barigye the head of the hospital on November, 14, 2020 confirmed that over Forty (40) nurses at his hospital tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. He also confirmed that a 39-year-old man from Bundibugyo also died of COVID-19 at the…
The National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed at least 117 drug shops, pharmacies and clinics over failure to meet various requirements. The reasons for closure included operating without a license, lack of qualified personnel, unsuitable premises and carrying out activities they are not mandated to do. “We carried out the operation to save people’s lives…
Kampala International School Uganda (KISU) has been granted a certificate of compliance following the fulfillment of all requirements for the opening for candidate classes and finalists. The certificate was granted by the permanent secretary in the ministry of education and sport, Alex Kakooza upon the inspection of the school. Last month President Yoweri Museveni ordered…
