Lira Regional Referral Hospital, a 96-year-old government health facility, is struggling to serve the rising number of patients.
Mr Peter Okello Odeke, the hospital senior principal administrator, says: “First and foremost, the wards are small. So, there is limited working space and that is what causes overcrowding.”
Health workers at the hospital, which serves Lango, parts of Teso and Acholi sub-regions, are overwhelmed by the number of patients.
The hospital’s OPD receives more than 400 patients on a daily basis.
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