[UAH] Blood shortage forces heart institute to close
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That is your NRM,they dont care about citizens.statehouse asks for a supplementary budget of 214b,to be stolen while hospitals are rotting!! kateregga,this is what u care for?
Blood shortage forces heart institute to close
A health worker attends to a heart patient at the Uganda Heart Institute at Mulago recently. The institute had decided to halt operations over shortage of blood until yesterday when they received Shs800m to test blood. Photo by ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
Posted Thursday, June 6 2013 at 01:00
IN SUMMARY
The crisis. The director at the institute says they had decided to close for three weeks until they received a Shs800m boost from the government yesterday.
Kampala
The Uganda Heart Institute had to suspend some of its operations for about three weeks following a blood shortage that has hit the country, the Daily Monitor has learnt.
Dr John Omagino, the director of the institute, said they had been forced to halt operations because the blood they had at the time was not adequate to sustain their operations.
Over the last two weeks, several hospitals throughout the country have reportedly been hit by a blood shortage, leaving the only available blood for emergency cases. "We were not able to work at full capacity as we had planned and we had to suspend some of the operations," Dr Omagino said yesterday.
He also confirmed that they have resumed normal operations after receiving Shs800 million from the government to purchase reagents and blood testing kits needed to test blood. "The problem is no longer that big since money has been released to buy the reagents and the first consignment has already arrived," Dr Omagino said.
Mulago Hospital officials said they did not suspend their activities because they had resorted to the Nakasero Blood Bank for assistance.
State Minister for Primary Health Care Sarah Opendi yesterday told journalists that emergency arrangement has been made to test blood for the four remaining regional blood banks of Arua, Gulu, Kitovu and Fort Portal until their kits arrive on June 10.
The shortage has also seen several organisations hold blood donation drives to address the crisis. "We were disappointed when they said that we could not donate but they later apologised and we are happy to give blood. We mobilised our neighbours and passersby," Ms Mpande said.
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