{"id":15706,"date":"2021-08-13T16:24:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=15706"},"modified":"2021-08-13T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:09:28","slug":"locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue","title":{"rendered":"Locals complain over ill-equipped Arua hospital morgue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Residents and leaders of Arua City have decried the poor state of the Arua Regional Referral Hospital mortuary.The mortuary has on refrigerators and faces a shortage of chemicals to preserve bodies, among other challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the poor state of the facility, some bodies are taken to Nebbi hospital, about 76 kilometres away.\u201cWe had to pay fuel expenses of Shs120,000 for an ambulance to transport [our loved one\u2019s] body to Nebbi hospital for preservation since the deceased\u2019s relatives stay abroad,\u201d Mr Robert Acidri, a resident of Mvara Ward in Arua Central Division, told Daily Monitor on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Acidri said they also had to part with Shs100,000 per day for mortuary services. \u201cWe had to spend about Shs600,000 for the six days that the body was kept at Nebbi hospital. The management of Arua hospital should lobby for funds to construct a modern mortuary so that people get services faster because it has become costly for families to manage both funeral and mortuary costs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jackson Atima, the Arua Central Division MP, promised to lobby for the funds.<\/p>\n<p>He said the crisis should be handled expeditiously because of the growing population in Arua City.Mr Geoffrey Feta, his Ayivu East Division counterpart, said a fully-functional mortuary will save residents from paying exorbitant fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople die from here (Arua hospital) and bodies are taken to Nebbi. How can a regional referral hospital continue to operate in such circumstances? We need to bridge this gap by having a modern mortuary to help our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Arua hospital director, Dr Filbert Nyeko, acknowledged the problem, but called for prioritisation. \u201cAbout 95 per cent of the bodies are taken home by their relatives. Do we build a mortuary or a house for children and our mothers who are sleeping in corridors because we still need a mortuary? If the mortuary is the first on the agenda, we shall put it there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Some mortuary necessities<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Refrigerators and chemicals for preserving bodies.\u00b7Stainless steel postmortem tables or heavy-duty trestle tables covered with plastic sheeting. Wheeled trolleys for transporting bodies within the mortuary\u00b7 Trestle tables and chairs for administrative areas. Wall charts to record progress, or large poster boards if there are no walls\u00b7 Tarpaulin or plastic sheeting for the floor, if it is not made of concrete. Heavy-gauge black plastic sheeting for temporary screens. Refuse bins, bags, cleaning materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Residents and leaders of Arua City have decried the poor state of the Arua Regional Referral Hospital mortuary.The mortuary has on refrigerators and faces a shortage of chemicals to preserve bodies, among other challenges. Due to the poor state of the facility, some bodies are taken to Nebbi hospital, about 76 kilometres [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-15706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Locals complain over ill-equipped Arua hospital morgue - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Residents and leaders of Arua City have decried the poor state of the Arua Regional Referral Hospital mortuary.The mortu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Locals complain over ill-equipped Arua hospital morgue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Residents and leaders of Arua City have decried the poor state of the Arua Regional Referral Hospital mortuary.The mortu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-13T16:24:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-61168b14243cd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Locals complain over ill-equipped Arua hospital morgue\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-13T16:24:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/08\/img-61168b14243cd.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/locals-complain-over-ill-equipped-arua-hospital-morgue\",\"name\":\"Locals complain over ill-equipped Arua hospital morgue - 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