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Dr. Alfred Francis Ogwang, the Director Moroto Regional Referral Hospital acknowledges the challenge, saying the few staff at the OPD work for only one shift while emergency cases are rushed to the wards

Kalangala District Medical Officer Dr Hillary Bitakalamire says that the current allocation of 15 million Shillings for the purchase of medicines is inadequate for the district, which is made up of 84 Islands.

He says patients in need of hepatitis testing are currently referred to private clinics.

65 of the 280 workers at the hospital did not get their salaries for August and October while others got partial payment for both months.

A doctor hired by Sembabule district to man its main Health Centre Four has opted to work for a private hospital allegedly owned by Sembabule LC 5 Chairperson Dr. Elly Muhumuza.

Four major health centers in Bukomansimbi district have been hit by severe drug shortages, putting the lives of some fifty thousand patients at risk.