{"id":49034,"date":"2021-07-14T13:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=49034"},"modified":"2021-07-14T13:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:45:33","slug":"covid-patient-dies-hours-after-escaping-from-mityana-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/covid-patient-dies-hours-after-escaping-from-mityana-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid patient dies hours after escaping from Mityana hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BY BARBARA NALWEYISO\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Covid-19 patients have allegedly escaped from the Mityana General Hospital where they have been undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hospital spokesperson, Edward Muganga says one of the missing patients is a resident of\u00a0Wabigalo Village in Tamu Division Mityana Municipality while the second one came\u00a0from Kassanda District.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muganda, unfortunately, says the patient who hails from Wabigalo Village died a few hours after escaping from the ward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The head of the Covid-19 treatment centre at Mityana Hospital, Dr Adonia Samanya says relatives of the patients removed them from the facility after learning that they were going to be referred to\u00a0Entebbe Hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mityana Deputy Resident District Commissioner Yasin Ndidde, who is also the chairperson of the district Covid-19 task force, says they are liaising with intelligence officers and local leaders in the area to\u00a0trace the two patients and their relatives to avoid spreading the virus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has asked their relatives to cooperate with them, warning that if they leave those patients in the community, they are going to expose more people to danger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY BARBARA NALWEYISO\u00a0 Two Covid-19 patients have allegedly escaped from the Mityana General Hospital where they have been undergoing treatment. The hospital spokesperson, Edward Muganga says one of the missing patients is a resident of\u00a0Wabigalo Village in Tamu Division Mityana Municipality while the second one came\u00a0from Kassanda District. Muganda, unfortunately, says the patient who hails from Wabigalo Village died a few hours after escaping from the ward. The head of the Covid-19 treatment centre at Mityana Hospital, Dr Adonia Samanya says relatives of the patients removed them from the facility after learning that they were going to be referred to\u00a0Entebbe Hospital. 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