Tasked to explain the inconsistencies in the figures, Dr. Byarugaba passed the ball to the Senior Accountant, Charles Mwasa who argued that the Shillings 145 million NTR that had not been sent to the Consolidated Fund in 2017/2018 was sent shortly after the start of the 2018/2019 financial year.
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng says they are training epidemiologists and constructing isolation facilities in Entebbe and Mulago, in order to manage disease outbreaks.
A statement from Rotary Club of Uganda says Emmanuel Katongole, the Past Governor of District 9211, conceived the idea of constructing the blood bank in 2014 after losing his sister who bled to death during child birth and inadequate blood transfusion services in the country.
In her statement to parliament, Opendi said only 31 babies have died at Kawempe hospital ever since the university was closed on November 1. She attributed the deaths to severe birth asphyxia and complications associated with immature births.
Prof. Charles Ibingira, the Principal of the Mulago based Makerere University College of Health Sciences, wrote a letter dated November 17 inviting staff of the college for what he called a special meeting.
In his letter to the staff and students, says they decided to resume normal operations following guidance from the Education and Sports Minister, Janet Museveni.
Alison Kantarama Emeribe, the assistant commissioner support services, wrote to the IG, after detecting numerous Electronic Fund Transfers-EFT transactions credited to her account in Stanbic Bank-Wandegeya Branch. The money would be withdrawn moments after its deposited to her account.
Former sports stars; Adam Semugabi, Jimmy Muguwa, Majid Musisi, Ronald Vubya, Davis Kamoga, Tom Lwanga and Sam Mugambe, among others, all traced their talents to the playground, an open facility often used by communities in and around Mulago.
Opio adds that the facility will improve medical care delivery to persons whose illnesses meet Ebola case definitions, while also allowing for the safe isolation of patients to break chains of transmission in case of any outbreak.
According to Kuk during their visit, they met Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, who had just assumed office as Director Mulago National Referral Hospital and presented their offer to construct a single bunker. He says Baterana accepted the offer, prompting Dr. Kigula, the then head of the Radiotherapy department with other technicians to embark on designing a plan for the new bunker.
The mechanical system for source movement was faulty and the dose rate of the Cobalt 60 unit was at 0.289 gray per minute, below the minimum value of 0.4 gray per minute. This implies that the use of low dosage rate treatment may make the tumor cells radioactive or radio resistant hence increasing he sickness, the report presented to the committee reads in part.
The Memorandum of Understanding to be signed with Kampala Capital City Authority authorizes Mulago to occupy the two hospitals from April 1 to December 31, 2016 to pave way for the much anticipated rehabilitation of Mulago National Referral Hospital.
On Saturday night, URN visited the casualty ward and found most of the patients lying on the floor as part of block B had been cordoned off with plywood to pave way for renovation works.
The clinic situated at the ground level of the Uganda Cancer Institute/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at Mulago hospital has a dedicated blood infusion area, four consulting rooms, six full time nurses and a pediatric oncologist heading the clinic.
Byarugaba notes that in order to ensure the safety of equipment that will be procured for the hospital, suppliers will be required to send in technicians who will monitor the equipment for at least three years.
The Arab contractors who started on the constructions works of the hospital early this year found it hard to explain to the minister why the engineer visits the sight only twice a week.
Enock Kusasira, the spokesperson Mulago National Referral Hospital, says they intend to move patients to Kawempe and Kiruddu hospitals in February next year as they enter in their second phase of the renovation works.
It is a story of determination, perseverance and survival as food vendors inside Mulago Hospital describe what they go through to sell food to patients.
According to Achan, doctors at Mulago Hospital advised her to return to hospital twice every week for review and medication but she has run out of funds.
The Executive Director of Mulago Hospital Dr Baterena Byaruhanga could only afford an apology after legislators on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) squeezed him over making advance payments of 228 million shillings to individual accounts.
