The Medical doctor who succumbed to the Ebola Virus Disease at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital on Saturday morning was buried yesterday at the Fort Portal City public cemetery in Bukwali Central Division Fort Portal town.
Dr. Mohammed Ali who was pursuing a Masters of Medicine in Surgery at Kampala International University, was one of the six medical workers who were infected while treating Ebola patients at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital and were transferred to Fort Portal for better management and treatment on Wednesday.
Mr. Angalia Godwin Kasigwa, the Resident City Commissioner for Port Portal City said after bilateral consultations between Uganda and the Embassy of Tanzania in Uganda, it was agreed upon that the burial should be conducted at the place where he died from due to the recommended safety and precautionary measures taken while handling such epidemics. Mr. Angalia speaking……..
Dr. Alex Adaku, the Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital Director said that the hospital is currently managing six health workers with Ebola, with five transferred from Mubende on Wednesday with the deceased. END