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An estimated 10,000 people who are residents in Elegu depend on Biabia Health III which is 11 kilometres away or Atiak Health Cente IV which is a distant 40 kilometres.
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Amuru District leaders are demanding for a Health Centre III in
Elegu Town Council at the one stop border point.
An estimated 10,000 people who are residents in Elegu depend on Biabia Health
III which is 11 kilometres away or Atiak Health Cente IV which is a distant 40 kilometres.
The Town Council is also hosting a transitional centre for hundreds of South
Sudanese refugees fleeing political unrest back home.
Now patients including pregnant mothers needing antenatal care are forced to
depend on alternative services offered by clinics and sometimes drug shops for
healthcare. The arrangement is risky and expensive on vulnerable families.
Dr Patrick Odong Olwedo, the District Health Officer revealed that Elegu
deserves a fully-fledged level III health centre to treat diseases such as
malaria; cough, skin diseases and gastroenteritis infections among others.
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Amuru LCV Chairperson Michael Lakony, revealed they have petitioned Dr Jane
Ruth Aceng, Minister Health and Office of the Prime Minister to build for them
the health facility through the Response to Displacement
Impact Project (DRDIP) funding.
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Government policy requires Health Centre III facility to provide basic
preventive, promotive and curative services. It has a staffing level 18
personnel, led by a senior clinical officer, who run a general
outpatient clinic and a maternity ward, including a functioning
laboratory.
Elegu was among 422 Town Councils across Uganda in 2017 and became operational
in 2018 as mandated by Article 179 (4) of the Constitution to help take
services closer to the people and create jobs.
Ochola's journalism career begun from Radio King 90.2 FM in Gulu around 2009, and Radio Rupiny 95.7 Fm under Vision Group in 2012. He also reported for Mighty Fire 91.5 Fm, Kitgum in 2015 before joining Wizarts Foundation in 2017.
He has been reporting for Uganda Radio Network (URN) since 2017 before being posted as Bureau Chief Kitgum, and latr Gulu between 2018 - 2021. Currently, he reports from Parliament.
