Muwanguzi adds that the isolation room at the hospital caters for only eight people yet an average of 15 suspected COVID-19 victims have been seeking medical attention on a daily basis. He adds that the dormitories at the university will provide enough room for the privacy of all isolated patients under their supervision.
Iganga district officials have resolved to transfer their COVID-19 isolation centre from Iganga General Hospital to Busoga university
dormitories.
In an interview with URN, the Iganga district health
officer David Muwanguzi says that they resorted to seeking more space due to the
overwhelming numbers registered at the hospital.
Muwanguzi adds that the isolation room at the hospital
caters for only eight people yet an average of 15 suspected COVID-19 victims
have been seeking medical attention on a daily basis. He adds that the dormitories at the university will
provide enough room for the privacy of all isolated patients under their
supervision.
The district registered its first case of COVID-19 from an
eight months old baby on Wednesday. But health officials are struggling to take samples from the victim’s possible contacts as most of them have opted to
relocate from the community.
According to Muwanguzi, patients, suffering from other ailments are shunning the Hospital for fear of
being infected with COVID-19. He says that transferring the isolation centre will foster
the smooth running of other hospital activities.
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Cue out…and the president.”//
Meanwhile, the Iganga Resident District Commissioner, Eva
Kwesiga has called upon the health ministry to install the required equipment
needed to cater for suspected COVID -19 patients under isolation.
