The Ministry of Health with support from partners is setting up an additional treatment facility in Mulago sports field.
According to the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, this will be a 64-bed capacity facility that will be built in two phases over a period of four weeks.
Aceng noted that with the completion of the facility, the Ministry of Health will have 351 beds available for treatment of confirmed cases.
Furthermore, open spaces have been identified to set up more tents should need arises.
Government and partners have set up three Ebola Treatment facilities in Mubende District.
These include a 42-bed capacity treatment facility at the Regional Referral Hospital, another 42-bed capacity Ebola Treatment facility at the district’s works grounds.
The third treatment facility is at the original outbreak epicenter: an eight (8) bed capacity facility that is cushioning the main facilities as the center for suspected cases under investigation.
In Kampala Metropolitan Area, there are two permanent treatment facilities in Mulago National Referral Hospital and Entebbe municipality.
Mulago Ebola Treatment facility is a 120-bed facility that is co-located but separate from Mulago National Referral Hospital.
This facility is currently housing the 50 quarantined contacts from Kampala and Wakiso.
Aceng said that these will be evacuated this week to create room for admission of both suspected and confirmed cases.
The second Ebola Treatment facility is the Entebbe National Isolation center in Entebbe Municipality.
It’s a 67-bed capacity facility with eight ICU beds. This is where all the current Kampala Metropolitan confirmed cases are being managed.
On 20th September 2022, the Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of the Ebola- Sudan virus in the district of Mubende.
The outbreak then spread to affect four other districts including; Kasanda, Kagadi, Bunyangabu, and Kyegegwa within a period of two weeks.