Authorities at Mbale Regional
Referral Hospital are concerned with the insufficient number of beds at the
neonatal ward.
Speaking at
celebrations to mark the World Premature Day held on Saturday, Alex Nyonegesa
from Mbale Regional Referral Hospital said that more than 20 prematures are
registered daily at the facility.
Nyongesa
says that with a high number of premature babies, beds, oxygen and health
experts are limited.
Suzan Watsisi, one of the mothers with premature twins called
for more funding of the neonatal ward to improve the capacity to handle
premature babies.
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