Katakwi hospitals re-open after raids
Nov 03, 2003
SOME of the health centres in Katakwi district which were closed down due to insecurity have reopened
By Williams Moi
SOME of the health centres in Katakwi district which were closed down due to insecurity have reopened.
Presenting a quarterly report to the zonal leprosy and TB meeting at Kumi hospital training school recently, the district leprosy and TB supervisor, John Okiror, said the security situation was returning to normal in some areas.
Okiror said leprosy and TB supervision in the area was hampered by insecurity.
He told participants that only one clinic in the town council had the capacity for testing TB/leprosy.
Okiror said the mass measles campaign succeeded because there was no security threat to residents and health officers.
The participants appealed to the Government to double its efforts in restoring peace so that leprosy and TB programmes in the region could be implemented successfully.
Okiror named some of the health centres which had reopened as Omodoi, Aketa, Kapelebyong and Acowa Obalanga.
He said Toroma NGO hospital, which was run by nuns, was still closed following clashes with the Karimojong.
Morongotuny health centre which caters for internally displaced people had not not reopened.
In Usuk county, five of eight health centres had reopened — Wera, St. Michael Centre, Asaruk, Kuju, and Abarilela.
He said 46 new cases of leprosy were reported in the district.
SOME of the health centres in Katakwi district which were closed down due to insecurity have reopened.
Presenting a quarterly report to the zonal leprosy and TB meeting at Kumi hospital training school recently, the district leprosy and TB supervisor, John Okiror, said the security situation was returning to normal in some areas.
Okiror said leprosy and TB supervision in the area was hampered by insecurity.
He told participants that only one clinic in the town council had the capacity for testing TB/leprosy.
Okiror said the mass measles campaign succeeded because there was no security threat to residents and health officers.
The participants appealed to the Government to double its efforts in restoring peace so that leprosy and TB programmes in the region could be implemented successfully.
Okiror named some of the health centres which had reopened as Omodoi, Aketa, Kapelebyong and Acowa Obalanga.
He said Toroma NGO hospital, which was run by nuns, was still closed following clashes with the Karimojong.
Morongotuny health centre which caters for internally displaced people had not not reopened.
In Usuk county, five of eight health centres had reopened — Wera, St. Michael Centre, Asaruk, Kuju, and Abarilela.
He said 46 new cases of leprosy were reported in the district.