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Kumi Conjoined twins who were transferred to Mulago have died.

Kumi Conjoined twins who were transferred to Mulago have died.

The Kumi Conjoined twins who were transferred to Mulago hospital 3 months ago from Kumi Hospital have died. The female twins shared a Liver and a heart and were conjoined at the chest and abdomen up [...]

Poor Nursing and midwifery practices Blamed for the death of 435 women

Poor Nursing and midwifery practices Blamed for the death of 435 women

United Nations Fund for Population Activities and the ministry of Health have launched a 5-year Strategic Plan for the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council. The development of the 5-Year (2011-2015) Plan which is the first ever [...]

Energy Drinks Send Thousands To Emergency Rooms-US Doctors

Energy Drinks Send Thousands To Emergency Rooms-US Doctors

A new report from the US government released on Tuesday warns that energy drinks are sending an alarming number of people to emergency rooms. In 2009, US emergency rooms treated almost 10 times more cases of [...]

Yvonne Chaka Chaka Starts Campaign Against Counterfeit Drugs

Yvonne Chaka Chaka Starts Campaign Against Counterfeit Drugs

Some of Africa’s top singers warned against the dangers of taking counterfeit medications as they helped launch an Interpol campaign against the practice prevalent on the continent. Youssou N’Dour, the renowned musician from Senegal and South [...]

Shocking: 40 Million Smokers To Die By 2050

Shocking: 40 Million Smokers To Die By 2050

The latest tobacco related mortality figures are startling with Africa projected to have some of the highest number of deaths by 2050. Forty million smokers could die from TB by 2050, latest research suggests. Smokers are [...]

Sad: A Woman Died In Lyatonde Hospital Due To Doctor’s Negligence

Sad: A Woman Died In Lyatonde Hospital Due To Doctor’s Negligence

By Our Reporter A woman has died in a Lyantonde government health centre after the doctors failed to get stitches to sew the wound after an operation. The deceased whose name remains unknown had gone to [...]

Mulago Doctors Arrested For Stealing Drugs

Mulago Doctors Arrested For Stealing Drugs

Mulago doctors and cleaners were yesterday arrested for stealing government drugs. The hospital management was alerted by one of the patients. They  found the medicine hidden in the bathrooms of the gynecology ward 5c Mulago hospital [...]

Medicine Which Paralyzes HIV/AIDS Discovered

Medicine Which Paralyzes HIV/AIDS Discovered

Scientists have discovered new HIV medicine which can help in paralyzing the virus for a long period of time. The discovery was done in London under the supervision of  Proffessor Adrian Burgess and the invention was [...]

Kabale Conjoined Twins To Be Operated In October

Kabale Conjoined Twins To Be Operated In October

The conjoined twins who were born on June 10th 2011 at Kabale Regional Hospital to Rossette Tusiime have now reached 8.7 Kg and they are almost reaching the required weight of 10 kgs , according to [...]

Uganda To  Run Out Of Free ARVs – UHMG Board

Uganda To Run Out Of Free ARVs – UHMG Board

Social Health marketing Group, Uganda Health Marketing Group warns that many people living with HIV/AIDS might fail to access free Anti Retro Viral drugs as aid from donor countries continue to dwindle. The announcement was made [...]