{"id":34467,"date":"2022-07-22T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T18:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/rukungiri-waits-for-musevenis-referral-hospital-pledge-9-years-later"},"modified":"2022-07-22T19:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T19:05:43","slug":"rukungiri-waits-for-musevenis-referral-hospital-pledge-9-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/rukungiri-waits-for-musevenis-referral-hospital-pledge-9-years-later","title":{"rendered":"Rukungiri waits for Museveni’s referral hospital pledge 9 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Residents of Rukunigiri District in South Western Uganda are waiting for a referral hospital pledged by President Museveni on October 9, 2013.<\/p>\n

During Uganda\u2019s 51st Independence anniversary, Mr Museveni promised to \u201csoon- start building the district referral hospital to streamline health service delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the event at the Rukungiri District main playground, Mr Museveni ordered health authorities to start building the hospital in FY2014\/15.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment seems to have forgotten the people of Rukungiri,\u201d former area chairperson Mr Charles Andrewson Katebire told Monitor.<\/p>\n

Residents say absence of a district referral hospital has great implications on their health concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have enough. Imagine waiting for a hospital for eight years. We shall reward Mr Museveni\u2019s government come 2026,\u201d Ms Phyllis Ariho Mugisha said on July 21.<\/p>\n

In Rukungiri hundreds of people still struggle to find affordable modern health services which are usually only accessible in private clinics.<\/p>\n

Southern Rukungiri Division resident Mr Agaba Twinomujuni said: “I almost lost my wife because of poor referral services brought by absence of a district referral hospital. I think the president was just making fun.”<\/p>\n

Serious complications are sent to Mbarara regional referral hospital which is almost 120km away for several of Rukungiri\u2019s low-income people.<\/p>\n

In 2021 electoral campaigns, more local leaders jumped onto the presidential pledge to assure voters that the hospital was to be built.<\/p>\n

“We have just started our term of office. Let People remain calm. We are working closely with the ministry of health to ensure a district referral hospital is built” Rukungiri Distict Chairperson Mr Geoffrey Kyomukama, told Monitor on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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