By Our Correspondent, Kampala UGANDA
Dozens of military medical personnel on Monday withdrew from Uganda’s national referral hospital after most of the COVID-19 patients admitted there completed their treatment and were discharged.
Byarugaba Baterana, executive director of Mulago National
Referral Hospital, hailed the military personnel for the support they rendered
when COVID-19 patients were admitted at the hospital.
“Thank you for being disciplined and for fighting the pandemic.
We have together reduced COVID-19 to the minimum, disabled it and actually
defeated it with a heavy blow,” Baterana was quoted as saying in a military
statement issued in Kampala.
“Out of the 23 COVID-19 patients admitted at Mulago National
Referral Hospital, 21 have been since discharged while only two remain at the
facility,” she said.
Baterana said the two patients may be discharged on Tuesday.
Major General Ambrose Musinguzi, the chief of military medical
services, said the army is mandated to support civil authority in cases of any
catastrophe like the COVID-19 pandemic.
The military team would now be sent out to assist district task
forces in the fight against the pandemic, Musinguzi said.
Uganda, according to the Ministry of Health, has so far reported
79 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 46 have been discharged. Some patients
are admitted at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital.
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