By Our Reporter
10th Aug 2023
The lack of a neurologist is crippling the services at Kabale regional referral hospital.
A neurologist is a medical doctor who diagnoses, treats, and manages disorders of the brain and nervous system.
The hospital received the CT scan machine from the Ministry of Health last year.
Patients pay between 100,000- 120,000 Shillings to access CT scan services.
However, those with head and brain complications have continued to suffer because they cannot be diagnosed due to lack of a neurologist at the hospital.
Patients and residents who have been flocking Kabale regional referral hospital, for the CT scan only to be turned back or referred to Mbarara hospital due to lack of a neurologist expert.
Dr. John Philbert Nyeko, the Kabale Regional Referral Hospital Director admits that lack of specialists in neurology has affected the services of a CT scan.
Nyeko says that the most affected patients are those who get into accidents and require an immediate diagnosis to determine if they need surgery.
According to Nyeko, out of an average of 15-20 patients who need CT scan services, two are referred to Mbarara regional referral hospital or to private hospitals, which inconveniences the patients and attendants.
According to the World Health Organization-WHO, it recommends one neurosurgeon for every 200,000 people.
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