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Kawempe North legislator Muhammad Ssegirinya announced yesterday how his Kawempe North Hospital had finally gotten an operating license from the Ministry of Health. The legislator has embarked on numerous projects meant to uplift people in his constituency both financially and in terms of health. Ssegirinya announced sometime back how he had embarked on building a world-class hospital in Kawempe saying ...

Prisons services have lost two people to covid 19 out of the 141 cases of covid they have had. The prison’s spokesperson, Frank Baine revealed this while speaking to the media yesterday. “We [prisons] have a cumulative number of cases of Covid-19 of 1,438. Of these 1,289 are prisoners, 117 are staff and 31 are staff families or relatives. Fortunately, ...

Since Covidex was approved by National Drug Authority, the government has not yet come out to regulate its use or pricing. Pharmacies have been selling Covidex at very abnormal prices. The ministry of health is however very quiet about this. Apparently, at factory price, Covidex is at UgX5000. However, when you go to any pharmacy right now it’s above UgX15000. ...

The Uganda National Drug Authority has finally approved the use of COVIDEX as supporting treatment for Covid. Not only for Covid but all other viral infections. This herbal medicine has been on market for sometime but it had not yet been approved by either NDA or MOH. However there has been an outcry from the public especially those who have ...

Many Ugandans were disappointed yesterday as they went to receive the covid jab for the first time. The ministry of health clearly stated since they received the third dose that it was for health workers and second timers. Many people were misinformed or perhaps didn’t have any information at all. They bounced from the vaccination centres as they were not ...