Uganda’s coronavirus cases may be small but the pandemic is constraining the delivery of health services regardless.
A blood shortage that has hit major hospitals in the country has delayed, even halted life-saving surgeries and in some cases, patients have died.
The China-Uganda hospital, Naguru in Kampala is a vital source of health care for many people on low incomes.
There are 100 beds here, but since it was built it’s been operating at maximum capacity, handling more than 300 patients including expectant mothers, children and…