In short
Power supply to Bugiri General Hospital has for the last five months been operating without electricity after it was disconnected over an accumulated bill of over 100 million Shillings.
Power supply to Bugiri General Hospital has for the last five months been operating without electricity after it was disconnected over an accumulated bill of over 100 million Shillings.
Health workers are struggling to attend to patients, including delivering mothers at night, without electricity.
Aanyu Angella, a registered Midwife at the hospital told URN that they have resorted to using phone torches for lighting when mothers go into labour at night.
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The hospital delivers over 150 mothers every month. Aanyu notes that the facility risks the lives of mothers and their babies since they cannot handle emergencies especially the premature babies.
She adds that the situation worsens when a mother has to undergo ceaserian operation. These are in most cases referred to Jinja regional referral hospital which is over 50 kilometres away.
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The hospital has since January this year suspended some of the services such as conducting laboratory tests.
Dr Stephen Isabirye, the acting Medical Superintendent said the limited funding to the hospital has crippled service delivery. He says the hospital receives 37 million Shillings every quarter which cannot cater for all the bills including water, electricity and general expenses.
Isabirye says sometimes they use a generator but fueling it becomes a challenge. He adds that a result of power disconnection the hospital lost vaccines worth five million shillings which needed refrigeration.
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Aggrey Matege, the Assistant Inventory Management officer, says that the hospital cannot sterilise equipment, putting the lives of patients and health workers at risk. He notes that most equipment is now nonfunctional due to power disconnection.
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Joyce Nabakka, one of the patients told URN that lack of electricity in the hospital exposes the facility to criminals.
"You cannot move out of the ward and leave the baby alone. Anything can happen," she said.
Health workers are struggling to attend to patients, including delivering mothers at night, without electricity.
Aanyu Angella, a registered Midwife at the hospital told URN that they have resorted to using phone torches for lighting when mothers go into labour at night.
//Cue in: "Mostly power...
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The hospital delivers over 150 mothers every month. Aanyu notes that the facility risks the lives of mothers and their babies since they cannot handle emergencies especially the premature babies.
She adds that the situation worsens when a mother has to undergo ceaserian operation. These are in most cases referred to Jinja regional referral hospital which is over 50 kilometres away.
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The hospital has since January this year suspended some of the services such as conducting laboratory tests.
Dr Stephen Isabirye, the acting Medical Superintendent said the limited funding to the hospital has crippled service delivery. He says the hospital receives 37 million Shillings every quarter which cannot cater for all the bills including water, electricity and general expenses.
Isabirye says sometimes they use a generator but fueling it becomes a challenge. He adds that a result of power disconnection the hospital lost vaccines worth five million shillings which needed refrigeration.
//Cue in: "What happens is...
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Aggrey Matege, the Assistant Inventory Management officer, says that the hospital cannot sterilise equipment, putting the lives of patients and health workers at risk. He notes that most equipment is now nonfunctional due to power disconnection.
//Cue in:"There are some...
Cue out...without power."//
Joyce Nabakka, one of the patients told URN that lack of electricity in the hospital exposes the facility to criminals.
"You cannot move out of the ward and leave the baby alone. Anything can happen," she said.
