- The woman was referred to the medical facility for specialised treatment because she was pregnant and tested positive for COVID-19
- Annet Katusiime said some of the procedures required removing personal protective gear to attend to the mother and the infant
- Results of COVID-19 tests done on Sunday, June 27, confirmed 345 new cases in Uganda, bringing the cumulative confirmed cases to 79,434
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A COVID-19 patient at the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital has given birth to a healthy baby girl barely two months after at least 10 patients died of coronavirus disease at the medical facility due to a shortage of oxygen.
The woman was referred to the medical facility for specialised treatment because she was pregnant and tested positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19 treatment unit
According to Annet Katusiime, attached to the COVID-19 treatment unit at the hospital, the patient was monitored until she delivered.
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''She goes into labour, she has severe COVID-19 complications. We deliver her by caesarian section,'' Katusiime told journalists who visited the hospital on Monday, June 28.PAY ATTENTION: Click 'See First' under the 'Follow' Tab to see Tuko.co.ke news on your FB Feed
She indicated that they assessed the mother and noticed that she was not having severe COVID-19 complications.
''She had mild disease, and she was progressing normally. So it was not necessarily an indication of a caesarian section that is why we opted to monitor her until she delivered,'' Katusiime explained.Removing PPEs
She said some of the procedures required removing Personal Protective (PPE) gear to attend to the mother and the infant.
''When you monitor the heartbeat while dressed in the PPEs, it is quite difficult. So at some point, I had to remove my headgear and remain with the mask to keenly monitor her condition,'' said Katusiime.
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Katusiime said that she had to be alert just in case the patient developed any complications needed to be wheeled to the theatre.
''Of course, everyone is scared about this disease, but we still kept her on a mask because she was coughing, but she never needed oxygen,'' said the medic.This comes when MPs from the Teso sub-region have donated hospital beds and KSh 1.9 million, among other things, to the facility.
''This is just to supplement government efforts and allow us to see firsthand what the doctors are doing and what is exactly happening on the ground,'' said Musa Ecweru, State Minister for Works.The referral hospital, which is the treatment centre for all COVID-19 patients in Teso Sub-region, has reported a surge in cases over the last two weeks, especially those in critical condition.
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As a result of oxygen inadequacies, some patients in the intensive care unit at Soroti had to be evacuated to Kampala.
COVID-19 situation in Uganda
Results of COVID-19 tests done on Sunday, June 27, confirmed 345 new cases in Uganda. The cumulative confirmed cases are 79,434.
The breakdown of the new cases are: 338 Contacts and Alerts: Kampala (245) Wakiso (36) Luwero (12) Junja (7) Gulu 96) Adjumani (5) Omoro (5) Kibuku (4) Masaka (4) Soroti (2) Ntungamo (2) Mbale (3) Buliisa (1) Kagadi (1) Yumbe (1) Arua (1) Mbarara (1) Amudat (1) Mukono (1).
The country's Ministry of Health said that the COVID-19 vaccination exercise for the 175,000 doses of AstraZeneca had resumed on Monday, June 28 and will run until Friday, July 2, 2021.
In April 2021, MPs in the East African nation paid tribute to a group of doctors who successfully separated a dead conjoined twin from a live sibling at the hospital.
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The doctors in the Eastern Uganda region worked tirelessly around the clock to separate the conjoined twins in March 2021.
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