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A team of staff from Radio Maria has visited different communities in and around Makerere University to celebrate mass and recite the rosary with them.
The communities visited by the radio staff this week include University Hall, Nkuruma Hall, Kikoni and Kikumi-kikumi among others. The radio staff was targeting Catholics who pray at St Augustine’s Chapel, Makerere.
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Expectant mothers at Kawempe Referral Hospital fear for their lives as a result of the blood shortage at the hospital.
Under normal circumstance, the hospital bank must have 40 units of blood daily for emergencies but instead, a tour of their blood store revealed the hospital had only four units in their storage fridge.
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A health expert has warned that unhygienic use of boda boda helmets could spread diseases such as tuberculosis and Hepatitis B.
Dr. Teddy Adero, from Kampala Family Clinic, says the helmets may protect the passenger in case of accidents, but that passing them on from one passenger to another without proper cleaning is a recipe for disaster. Dr Adero explains that Tuberculosis and Hepatitis B are some of the diseases that can be easily spread by sharing helmets.