More than 500 senior doctors in Kenya’s biggest referral hospital have boycotted work, demanding the reinstatement of their colleague who was suspended for performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. Sammy Oroko, the chairman of the doctors’ union, said suspending the Kenyatta National Hospital neurosurgeon was a knee jerk reaction
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Uganda’s health sector is in the news more often than not, for the wrong reasons. It cannot be overstated that as a country, we ought to do better. While it is the norm to cry foul to the government, a good health sector is a concerted effort by not just
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The Ministry of Health has embarked on a drive to dispose of expired and obsolete medicines and other health supplies from 6, 619 health facilities in Uganda, both Government owned and Private Not for Profit. Addressing the press on Monday morning at Uganda Media Centre, Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent
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Doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have successfully reattached the severed hand of 17-year-old Joseph Thairu from Kiambu County, the Standard Newspaper reports. Thairu's arm was accidentally cut off while cleaning a chaff cutter. He had just finished feeding their cows The highly delicate procedure lasted seven hours. It involved
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has impounded two tonnes of deadly used ladies' garments. However, there are concerns that used underwear spread diseases including skin infections. It is for that reason that officials have been toying with the idea of banning their importation. Although locally a decision is yet to
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The National Drug Authority (NDA) has for the first time spoken out on the fake cancer drugs that have flooded the Ugandan market. This follows media reports that there are unscrupulous people or quacks who dupe cancer patients with fake concoctions that flush out cancer cells. In a statement sent
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MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest mobile-network operator by sales, said it returned to profit in 2017, recovering from a $1 billion fine it paid for its Nigerian business in the prior period, Bloomberg reports. The telecom giant which operates in many African countries including Uganda expects to report a profit
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You’ve long heard the warning that you should try to keep a consistent sleep schedule, waking up as close as possible to the same time every day, including weekends. But some recent research has found a slight exception to that rule, giving you permission to snooze past sunrise on leisurely
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Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has been named in shoddy deals that are threatening the heath sector. In their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Thursday at Parliament, pharmacy owners under their umbrella body, Uganda Pharmacy Owners Association (UPOA) want Parliament to have an immediate investigation and
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Kenya and India have made progress towards establishing a multi-billion shilling cancer hospital and oncology school that is expected to stem cases of ailing Kenyans travelling to the Asian country for treatment, reports Business Daily. According to Health Principal Secretary Julius Korir, the two countries are about to conclude and
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