By Leilah Bbaale
Kagadi General Hospital, one of the government health facilities in Kagadi District continues to register high numbers of patients testing positive to Tuberculosis [TB], a highly contagious lung disease.
The hospital administrator Simon Peter Tumusiime says so far 400 patients have been diagnosed with susceptible TB and are receiving treatment.
Tumisiime says since the year began, the facility has been registering averagely between 20 to 30 patients diagnosed with TB monthly.
She says the numbers are higher compared to what they registered last year.
Tumusiime says there is a need to start tracking down where the TB patients come from and carry massive sensitization of the community so as to support the patients to adhere to their treatment.
He says the hospital has come out with a comprehensive strategy of creating awareness for people to embrace testing for TB and have knowledge of how TB is transmitted.
