Oxygen Crisis at Jinja Hospital | Uganda News

Uganda News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 8, 2026 · 1m

Oxygen shortages at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital are forcing costly emergency flights and straining budgets, while smaller clinics across the region face similar supply crises. With the hospital’s oxygen plant offline — once supplying 250 cylinders daily — staff scramble to source parts from abroad, delaying repairs and highlighting a critical gap in local technical expertise. Parliament’s Health Committee has stepped in, demanding accountability and urgent action to restore operations, as every minute without oxygen risks lives of patients, newborns, and surgical cases. Despite the…