{"id":19020,"date":"2021-10-06T16:24:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=19020"},"modified":"2021-10-06T14:37:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:37:30","slug":"hospitals-link-low-covid-admissions-to-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/hospitals-link-low-covid-admissions-to-vaccines","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals link low Covid admissions to vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The number of Covid-19 hospitalisations across the country is plateauing out, a Daily Monitor study has revealed.<\/p>\n

Hospital administrators have attributed this to an increase in uptake of vaccines and mandatory Covid-19 testing of all people entering the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany Ugandans have become obedient and are adhering to the required standard operating procedures (SOPs), including wearing facemasks and sanitising hands,\u201d Dr Richard Lukandwa, a consultant physician and medical director at Medipal International Hospital in Kampala, said.<\/p>\n

The hospital received between five to seven patients a week during September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey would get admitted, treated and eventually discharged. We did not register any deaths,\u201d Dr Lukandwa said.<\/p>\n

Mulago Hospital had between 16 and Covid-19 20 patients. The hospital currently has 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour are admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) while the remaining 16 are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU),\u201d Dr Rosemary Byanyima, the deputy director of Mulago Hospital, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember a time when we had about 200 patients both in ICU and HDU during the peak of the second wave, but the numbers have gone down in the last couple of months,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The second wave brought an oxygen crisis and an acute bed shortage. Uganda entered its second hard lockdown on June 18, and restrictions were only lifted at the backend of July. Before that, Mandela National Stadium in Namboole was repurposed into a treatment unit. The unit has since been closed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is now almost a month since we closed Namboole and we did so because patients were no longer getting admitted. The number of cases around Kampala have indeed declined,\u201d Dr Ivan Kisuule, the head of Namboole Covid-19 Treatment Unit, said.<\/p>\n

Dr Emmanuel Tugaineyo, the director of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, said the facility had between six and 10 patients. \u201cThe cases have not been many. We may get six patients in a day, admit and treat them before eventually discharging them the following days,\u201d Dr Tugaineyo said.<\/p>\n

At Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Dr Celestine Barigye, the hospital director, said: \u201cWe have ten patients at the facility, but, overall, the cases were few throughout September.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, a maximum of eight patients checked in daily with the majority getting treatment and eventually being discharged, according to Dr Paul Ajuk, a senior administrator.<\/p>\n

Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Ministry of Health spokesperson, however, said: \u201cWe are not yet in that space where we can say we are safe. We still need to have a sizeable number of people vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said close to 2.2 million doses of respective vaccines have been administered. \u201cThese vaccines need to be administered to about 4.8m people before the economy can be fully reopened,\u201d Mr Ainebyoona said.<\/p>\n

The Health Ministry confirmed 59 new cases of Covid-19 with a breakdown of 22 in Kampala, (9) Kumi, (5) Ngora, and (4) Soroti. Others are Nakapiripirit (3), Oyam (2), Wakiso (5), Gulu (2), Kabarole (1), Kabale (1), Pallisa (1), Luweero (5 ), and three truck drivers from Amuru.<\/p>\n

Current hospital admissions<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Mulago Hospital: 20 patients<\/p>\n

\u2022 Medipal International Hospital: Five to Seven patients in a week. \u2022 Namboole Covid-19 Treatment Unit: O cases.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hoima Regional Referral Hospital: Eight patient.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: 10 patients<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital: 10 patients<\/p>\n

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