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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>AKSA Group, a Canadian company, in partnership with the Ugandan government has finalised plans to set up a modern specialised trauma and general hospital to handle accident victims and other emergencies in the country worth Shs900 billion ($250m)<\/p>\n

Codenamed Budaka Specialised Trauma and General Hospital with a 200-bed capacity, it will be situated at Budaka Health Centre IV in Budaka District on Mbale- Tirinyi road, which witnesses many accidents. The facility will be about 20 kilometres from Mbale City.<\/p>\n

While touring the construction site with area Members of Parliament, district chairpersons and technical staff at Budaka Health centre IV on Monday, Mr Nurdin Samji, the chairperson of AKSA group, said the hospital will bring hope to millions of Ugandans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will offer a glimmer of hope to Ugandans who can\u2019t seek specialised health care outside the country because of lack of enough finances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe centre will assemble a multi-disciplinary team of specialists, including physicians, nurses, therapists, and counsellors, who will work collaboratively to develop personalised treatment plans for each patient,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prof Vinard Mukatabala Natulya, a pathologist, and chancellor of Busitema University, said statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate more than 70 percent of trauma cases occur in the eastern and northern regions of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis facility is urgently needed in this region to address the challenge of medical tourism where Ugandans travel out of the country to seek specialised treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also revealed that there will be specialised programmes at the facility to train individuals in emergency crisis response as well as train medical students in surgical fields.<\/p>\n

Dr Ajedra Gabriel Aridru, a consultant at AKSA Group, said about 70 percent of accident cases occur in the eastern and northern parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Dr Elisa Mulwani, the Budaka District Health Officer, said the hospital will revitalise health care in the district and the country at large. \u201cThis is going to be very important for Budaka and Uganda because this is one of its kind. We will be able to upgrade to a hospital status because with a trauma centre, we will receive a huge number of patients,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Arthur Waako Mboizi, the MP for Budaka County, said the facility will reduce the burden of seeking medical care abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrauma from accidents is very serious because it destroys the memory and in East Africa, we only have a trauma centre in Nairobi, which makes it expensive for ordinary people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr Patrick Lodoi Mutono, the MP of Butebo, said the facility will help to decongest Mbale Regional Referral Hospital.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. 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