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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Staff at Soroti Referral Hospital have asked the government to expand the neonatal intensive care unit following the overwhelming numbers of pre-mature babies receiving treatment at the facility.<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr Florence Alaroker, a senior consultant paediatrician at the hospital, said the unit, which has a capacity of about 10 beds, receives between two and four premature babies a day while about 30 to 40 babies can spend up to four months admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unit has become very small and yet one bed is shared with about three to four babies,\u201d she told at the weekend.<\/p>\n

Dr Alaroker said some babies, many of them less than a kilogramme, are born as early as 24 weeks.<\/p>\n

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She advised district leaders to create space in maternity wards in other health facilities to handle some of the premature babies so that the complicated cases are sent to the referral hospital.<\/p>\n

Dr Alaroker called for mass sensitisation on early antenatal care to reduce the cases.<\/p>\n

Sr Grace Epaku, the hospital\u2019s senior principal nursing officer, asked the government to construct a unit that can accommodate at least 50 babies.<\/p>\n

She attributed some of the causes of premature birth to emotional abuse, smoking, teenage pregnancies, and chronic diseases.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. Staff at Soroti Referral Hospital have asked the government to expand the neonatal intensive care unit following the overwhelming numbers of pre-mature babies receiving treatment at the facility. 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