The Wakiso District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Mr Alfred Malinga, has interdicted two heads of health facilities in the district over absenteeism.
The officers-in-charge of Wakiso Health Centre IV and Namayumba Health Centre were interdicted on September 7.
Mr Malinga said his action followed a report from the Ministry of Health, which blamed Wakiso District for poor service delivery and making a number of unnecessary referrals to hospitals in Kampala City.
“In the previous fiscal year (2022/2023), Kawempe National Referral Hospital received 14,243 maternal referrals and 3,418 perinatal referrals. A total of 3,766 maternal referrals, making 26 percent, and 687 perinatal referrals, equating to 20 percent, were from Wakiso District,” he said on Wednesday.
The CAO also noted that during the same period, 123 maternal deaths were registered at Kawempe hospital. Of these, 43 (35 percent) were from Wakiso.
Last month, Dr Diana Atwine, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health, directed Mr Malinga to convene an urgent meeting with all in-charges of health facilities over the declining health service delivery in the district,…
