Tuesday, June 24, 2025
NEWSDAY
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lifestyle
  • World
  • In pictures
  • Luganda
  • In History
  • Sports
  • Perspective
  • Business
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lifestyle
  • World
  • In pictures
  • Luganda
  • In History
  • Sports
  • Perspective
  • Business
No Result
View All Result
NEWSDAY
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Covid19: Moroto Regional hospital runs out of oxygen

by www.newsday.co.ug
June 4, 2021
in News
123 1
Covid19: Moroto Regional hospital runs out of oxygen
3.1k
VIEWS

Moroto: Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is facing a shortage of oxygen for critically ill Covid-19 patients.

Moroto Regional Referral Hospital has an oxygen plant but its current production rate is much lower than its capacity of 15 cylinders per day.

According to the hospital director, Dr Ben Watmon, the plant produces less than half of the required oxygen, making Covid-19 treatment difficult. He says because of this, the hospital struggles to provide oxygen to critically ill patients, sometimes affecting general management of Covid 19 cases.

He adds that the situation is made worse by the unstable power supply to the hospital due to constant power blackouts, forcing the hospital to bring in oxygen from Mbale and Soroti after every two days.

Related articles

How Uganda’s healthcare system is failing LGBTQ+ people

How Uganda’s healthcare system is failing LGBTQ+ people

January 29, 2024
SHACU Investigating Corruption Allegations in the Districts of Soroti, Kumi and Kalaki

SHACU Investigating Corruption Allegations in the Districts of Soroti, Kumi and Kalaki

September 29, 2022

The low level of oxygen production comes at a time when the district has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 patients ever.

Currently, there are 18 patients at the Covid 19 Treatment Unit at Moroto Hospital all needing oxygen support with an additional 20 under home based care.

On Friday, 45 new cases were confirmed in Moroto district, taking the total number of active confirmed cases to 83, the highest number recorded at the time since Covid 19 outbreak in March last year.

Moroto Regional Referral Hospital has handled 293 cases, 268 discharged and 3 deaths.

According to Dr Hans Lokale, the District Health Officer, the district Covid-19 taskforce has embarked on risk communication, testing and tracing of contacts to mitigate community infections.

Post Views: 128

Do you want to share a story, comment or opinion regarding this story or others, Email us at newsdayuganda@gmail.com Tel/WhatsApp........0726054858
Do you want to share a story, comment or opinion regarding this story or others, Email us on info@newsday.co.ug or ,Tel/WhatsApp........0702451828
Share161Tweet101SendShare
Next Post
Katumba’s daughter, driver laid to rest.

Katumba's daughter, driver laid to rest.

  • Profile: Who is Hajjat Uzeiye Hadijah Namyalo

    Profile: Who is Hajjat Uzeiye Hadijah Namyalo

    1097 shares
    Share 439 Tweet 274
  • Sex video appearing to show a look alike of BBS’s Diana Nabatanzi in bed with man concerns her fans

    1699 shares
    Share 680 Tweet 425
  • Video shows Lwasa naked and why Diana Nabatanzi chucked him

    747 shares
    Share 299 Tweet 187
  • What caused a mysterious death of Former Elite High School Student

    474 shares
    Share 190 Tweet 119
  • Tension As EX Rebels Threaten To Spill Blood Over Their Land Near Luzira

    397 shares
    Share 159 Tweet 99
NEWSDAY

Your source of the most critical on spot breaking news from www.newsday.co.ug. Newsday Uganda is recognized by audiences around the world as a trusted supplier of news.

info@newsday.co.ug
+256702451828

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • In History
  • In Luganda
  • in pictures
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Perspective
  • Politics
  • Sport
  • World

Recent Posts

  • City Businessman Charged For Conning Over 370M In Fake Gold Deal
  • Muslims Mourn Former Supreme Mufti Ndirangwa

© 2021 NEWSDAY.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lifestyle
  • World
  • In pictures
  • Luganda
  • In History
  • Sports
  • Perspective
  • Business

© 2021 NEWSDAY.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In