Makindye West Member of Parliament, Allan Ssewanyana is this afternoon expected to appear before court after he was yesterday arrested for staging a demonstration over the failure by Kiruddu hospital management to fix the sewage problem at hospital. Meanwhile, the Health ministry has since revealed that the construction of the lagoon at the Hospital is […]
Makindye West Member of Parliament, Allan Ssewanyana is this afternoon expected to appear before court after he was yesterday arrested for staging a demonstration over the failure by Kiruddu hospital management to fix the sewage problem at hospital.
Meanwhile, the Health ministry has since revealed that the construction of the lagoon at the Hospital is expected to start next month at a tune of 3.5 Billion Shillings.
The Minister of State for Health, Sarah Opendi says that the government procured land from Buganda Kingdom near the hospital where the lagoon will be constructed. She adds that construction of the lagoon expected to be finalized by the end of the year.
Last year, the Ministry of Health procured two cesspool trucks as a short term measure to deal with the sewage problem at the hospital. The trucks have been emptying the hospital’s septic tank three times a week to reduce on the amount of sewage accumulated.
With regular emptying of the septic tanks, an estimated 4,000 litres emptied at every emptying, Dr Charles Kabugo, the acting Executive Director Kiruddu Hospital, says the sewage problem has greatly reduced.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) senior public officer Emmanuel Ainebyona says the legislator should not politicise the issues of the hospital.
