MOH warns against moving with cannulas outside hospital
Ugandan health officials are warning the public against the practice of moving around with intravenous cannulas outside of hospital settings. The Ministry of Health states this trend increases infection risks and is often an unnecessary cost burden driven by unscrupulous providers.
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This highlights critical patient safety concerns and regulatory challenges in managing healthcare standards in developing regions.
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Officials in the Ministry of Health (MOH) have warned that people who move around with cannulas risk catching infections as such treatment options are only a reserve for patients admitted in hospitals.
Dr Charles Olaro, the Director General of Health Services in the ministry says they have previously issued circulars to hospitals warning them against the trend of dispensing intravenous treatment for outpatients, but the habit has persisted.
He says they later learnt that the approach was mostly abused at the height of COVID-19 pandemic when members of the public used it as a trick to escape movement restrictions but the same is now used to unnecessarily increase cost of care by unscrupulous healthcare providers.
He says people who can move with cannulas can as well respond well on oral treatments or other options that do not require intravenous therapy.
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