MY PROPOSAL WAS THAT MEDICAL DOCTORS WHO WRITE INVALID PRESCRIPTIONS (INCLUDING POOR HANDWRITING) BE IMPRISONED FOR 10 YEARS OR PAY 50 MILLIONS AND BE SUSPENDED FROM PRACTICE TO PROTECT PATIENTS!
Last year, during a stakeholders’ meeting with the Health Committee of Parliament on what was then the National Drug and Health Products Bill;
1) I proposed the establishment of a National Medicines Database to monitor medicines and strengthen accountability across the entire medicines supply chain.
It would track how medicines enter the country, through distributors/ wholesalers to retail pharmacies and finally how the drugs are dispensed to patients.
2) I agreed that Pharmacists and Dispensers who dispense prescription-only medicines without a valid prescription should be held accountable and face appropriate penalties including paying fines and imprisonment
However, accountability should be two-sided. There must equally be consequences for a prescriber who issues an invalid, incomplete, inappropriate or otherwise unlawful prescription (including poor or illegible handwriting and unclear drug names)
3) Then I proposed that medical practitioners who deliberately or negligently issue invalid prescriptions should face penalties including paying 2500 currency points (50 Millions), not more than 10 years imprisonment and/ or suspension from practice
The principle is simple, accountability in the medicines-use system should not stop at the pharmacy counter. It should extend from prescribing to dispensing and ultimately to the patient.
If we are serious about patient safety, every professional involved in the medicines-use chain must be held to appropriate standards.
You are welcome!
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@jamesonen Many Ugandans are getting miss Diagnosed from those moderate so called medical centers…with poor doctors without experience from those private universities…. Their role is making money full stop. I knew that when I visited IMC Kireka.
@ismailbukenya1@_ICalvin Just know this guys post has pissed me off
We cant have medics who think they are better than others
He felt he knew something and instead of trying to pass info on he felt like he is tooo good
Youll even find out he is good on x naye nga ku ground
Before the country gets concerned, let's compare now and 10 years back.
IN 2016 ...
Uganda's national Caesarean section (C-section) rate was 6.0%; Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) was 336 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births; and Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) was 27 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births.
IN 2026 ...
As per recent data from UDHS and @MinofHealthUG, the national C-section rate is 10.7% to 11.9% (nearly double); MMR is 188 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births (44% decline); and NMR is 22 newborn deaths per 1,000 live births (19% decline).
Regional and National Referral Hospitals average 20% to 35% C-section rates because of the high emergency referral burdens from the lower facilities.
Then we have to consider the following:
1. Increased access to elective and emergency C-section services in 2026 than before.
2. Uganda's population has grown, so has the population of women of reproductive age and deliveries.
3. Et Cetera.