Health

The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to send technical experts to the country before the end of May 2016 to advise on how to decommission the non- functional Radiotherapy Machine at the Uganda Cancer Institute. Health Minister Dr.Elioda Tumwesigye says they want to remove the machine from the bunker […]

President Yoweri Museveni is today expected to preside over the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a building block to house the Radio Therapy machine bunker at the Ugandan Cancer institute. According to Dr. Jackson Orem, the institute’s director, the new building will have four bunkers which will house four […]

Government is exploring the possibility of housing the new radiotherapy machine in the existing bunker to quickly restore the modality of treatment to the patients in need. The cobalt 60 radiotherapy machine, installed at Mulago hospital in 1995, broke down beyond repair last month. Its replacement is not due for at […]

Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye has urged Ugandans to develop the spirit of solving their own problems instead of consistently lamenting to government. Dr.Besigye was among the hundreds of Ugandans that have participated in a Car Wash Fundraiser meant aimed at saving Carol Atuhairwe […]