Police unveils COVID-19 isolation centre

By Eldad Murisho

Police has unveiled COVID-19 isolation/ treatment centre. The Directorate of Police Health Services has today unveiled a Covid-19 isolation and treatment centre at Nsambya Barracks.

The function was presided over by the Chief of Joint Staff AIGP Jack Bakasumba and AIGP Dr. Moses Byaruhanga, the Director Medical Services.

According to Dr Byaruhanga, the facility will cater for the police personnel and their immediate families who test positive to COVID-19

“Despite the Covid-19 cases going down, there are people who are still getting infected and among them are police personnel. You are all aware management protocol changed. When you test positive and you don’t have much complications, you are requested to go and isolate yourself at home. Now, its hard to isolate ourselves given the nature of the working environment. So, that’s why the police top management came up with a plan to have this facility,” noted Dr Byaruhanga.

Dr. Byaruhanga added, “We have a dedicated medical team comprising of 30 medical personnel that have been trained by Ministry of Health on how to manage, handle and monitor Covid-19 patients provided they don’t have complications.”

Globally, the number of COVID-19 cases still continues to increase.  but ministry of Health works closely with the  Uganda Police Force and development partners to respond to this unprecedented challenge at both the national and sub-national levels,” said the official.

Recently, Mulago National Referral Hospital ceased to be a COVID-19 sample collection centre and was instead turned into an isolation and treatment unit for patients who have been confirmed with the virus.

Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Ministry of Health senior spokesperson, told journalists that the decision was aimed at allowing lower Mulago hospital section concentrate on only treatment of COVID-19 patients.

David Nuwamanya, the Mulago hospital principal administrator, said the move is meant to decongest the centre.

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