Ministry of Health on the spot over missing ambulances
July 15, 2021 Written by URN
The management of Mbale Regional Referral hospital has denied claims by ministry of Health officials that it was given 8 ambulances to help in the Covid-19 fight.
Appearing before MPs last week, ministry of Health officials led by minister Jane Ruth Aceng and permanent secretary Dr Diana Atwine told MPs that 8 ambulances had been dispatched to Mbale hospital in eastern Uganda to serve the region.
However, the hospital director, Dr Emmanuel Tugaineyo informed the Covid-19 parliamentary committee led by Dr Patrick Mutono (Butebo County) how they are struggling to manage Covid-19 cases in the entire region with only tw
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Ministry of Health on the spot over missing ambulances
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Works warns motorists against defying travel ban
July 6, 2021 Written by URN The ministry of Works says only 20,000 vehicles have been cleared to be on the road
The ministry of Works and Transport has warned motorists defying the lockdown guidelines that they risk having their vehicles impounded and paying heavy fines.
Last month, President Yoweri Museveni decreed a ban on the movement of cars across the country as means of curbing the rising cases of Covid-19. Today Tuesday marks the 18th day since the president declared a nationwide lockdown for 42 days on June 18.
The only people who were exempted from the transport ban are those who were classified as offering essential services like medical worker
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Daily Monitor understands that a joint health intelligence team on June 17 raided Kiswa Health Centre, a vaccination centre in Kampala, and found that nurses there were charging people between USh100,00 and USh200,000 for each dose.
During the operation, the detective impounded a book with a list of people who have been vaccinated with the drug . The book had names of persons and serial numbers of certificates awarded to those who had been vaccinated.
“We got a social media story and information from the Resident District Commissioner for Nakawa about people who were carrying out Covid-19 vaccination. We informed the police, State House intelligence team and Chieftaincy of Military intelligence to do undercover work. In the process, two nurses, who were vaccinating individuals and people in corporate institutions with Covid-19 vaccine , were arrested and taken to Jinja Road Police Station for investigations,” he said.