Daily Monitor
Monday May 03 2021
Chairperson of Uganda Landmine Survivors Association Aisha Bint Abdu (right) presents a child to Dr Proscovia Mugaba to give him an artificial limb. Inset is George Odongo, whose hand was injured by a teargas canister. PHOTO/ PATRICK EBONG
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Dr Proscovia Mugaba, the executive treasurer of Uganda Christian Medical Fellowship (UCMF), said her organisation is involved in a number of initiatives to support accident victims.
Another beneficiary, Ms Joyce Abeja, is a survivor of the actions of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Ms Abeja, who is a resident of Starch Factory B’ Cell in Lira City, lost her hand when the rebels set ablaze her hut.
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Funerals turn chaotic
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‘No sanctity or peace about cremation, it’s all about money’
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‘No sanctity or peace about cremation, it’s all about money’
A politician’s relative died on Friday and the street outside the Amberpet crematorium got filled with wailing family members. The family members hugged and cried as the traffic flowed normally on the main road.
Many families are not so lucky as the funerals are becoming chaotic affairs as cremation workers race to clean up spaces for the stream of bodies. But first the families have to bargain. Cremations which used to cost ₹22,000 now cost ₹30,000.
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As families abandon bodies, NGOs step in for last rites
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Kin not touching bodies of COVID patients due to stigma, fear
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Kin not touching bodies of COVID patients due to stigma, fear
Bodies of COVID patients are being abandoned by families due to stigma and fear. In this scenario, NGOs and youth groups are stepping in to conduct the last rites of the patients, irrespective of religion.
On Thursday, when a woman passed away due to the disease at her home in Madhapur in Jagtial district, it was a bunch of young men who stepped in to conduct the funeral rites of the woman. “The Sarpanch of the village contacted as the family refused to touch the body. We wore the PPE kits, moved the body to the village and conducted the funeral rites as per the woman’s religion,” said Wajid Khan of Korutla who teamed up with his Immadutal Muslim Youth Association to carry out the last rites. “Over the last 15 days, we have conducted 45 such funerals in differ