• EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US
PML Daily
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
PML Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS

Why not Mulago? Defence officials grilled over UGX1.3b soldiers’ medical bills at Nakasero Hospital

GEORGE OKELLO | PML Daily Senior Correspondent by GEORGE OKELLO | PML Daily Senior Correspondent
November 6, 2019
in NEWS, World
0 0
9
SHARES
147
VIEWS
FacebookWhatsAppTwitter
Side view of Nakasero Hospital in Kampala (PHOTO/File)

KAMPALA – Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, November 5, tasked officials from the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs to explain how they accumulated a debt of UGX1.3 billion on soldiers’ medical bills at Nakasero Hospital.

The chairperson of PAC, Mr Nandala Mafabi (Budadiri West) asked the Defence officials led by Lt Gen Joseph Musanyufu, the UPDF Joint Chief of Staff, and Ms Edith Buturo, the Permanent Secretary, to explain why the ministry bypassed public hospitals such as Mulago to go to a private hospital.

The MPs were responding to queries raised in the 2017/2018 Auditor General’s report.

According to the report, the Defence ministry referred staff to Nakasero hospital which is a private for-profit facility and known to be fairly expensive as the first option even for medication such as Hepatitis B vaccine, urinalysis and full blood count among others. He says hospitals like Mulago and military facilities were better options.

In response, Ms Buturo explained that the cases taken to private facilities like Nakasero, Lubaga, Kisubi, Lacor and Mengo hospitals can’t be treated in Mulago and UPDF health facilities.

She added that the ministry incurs huge expenses in treatment across the country and abroad for the soldiers and their families.

Ms Buturo said the Ministry of Defence is currently studying the option of health insurance scheme customised for UPDF but also emphasized that the finalization of the National Military Hospital at Mbuya in August 2020 will solve the challenges.

However, Mr Mafabi directed the team to present to the committee a detailed list of the beneficiaries of Nakasero hospital treatment by December 5. He also demanded the medical details for the different categories of staff.

Comments

Tags: auditor generalMinistry of Defence and Veterans AffairsNakasero HospitalPublic Accounts Committeetop

Related Posts

NEWS

Vote counting in Uganda’s general elections starts

January 15, 2021
73
President Yoweri Museveni casts his ballot at Karo secondary school polling station in Rushere District
NEWS

Ugandans go to polls amid raging COVID-19 pandemic

January 15, 2021
48
The East African Community Election Observer Mission (EAC-EOM) delegation are in a meeting at Imperial Royal hotel in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 12, 2021. The East African Community Election Observer Mission (EAC-EOM) delegation on Tuesday called for free and fair general elections in Uganda slated for Thursday as the EAC-EOM dispatched a team of 74 observers to different parts of the country. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
NEWS

Regional observers call for free and fair general elections in Uganda

January 15, 2021
32
The Ethiopian National Defence Force on Wednesday afternoon announced the death of former Ethiopian foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin during a battle in the country’s northern Tigray regional state.
NEWS

Ethiopia’s former foreign minister killed in battle

January 15, 2021
62
In this photo illustration, the logos of the messaging applications, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook are displayed on the screen. (PHOTO/File)
NEWS

Uganda blocks social media ahead of presidential, parliamentary elections

January 13, 2021
59
President Museveni has said local coronavirus vaccine trials to begin on December 15 (PHOTO/Courtesy).
Politics

Museveni promises free, fair elections

January 13, 2021
102






 

 

About

The PML Daily, published via www.pmldaily.com is a publication of Post Media Ltd, a professional Digital/New Media company in Uganda.

Follow us

KIU

  • EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US

© 2020 PMLDAILY.COM

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines

© 2020 PMLDAILY.COM

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In