Browsing by Author "Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester"

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    Death following wrong blood transfusion: Hospital blamed
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-01) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Three parties were dragged to the Civil Division of the high court of Uganda when a mother died in the Intensive Care Unit of Mulago National Referral Hospital shortly after a caesarean section to deliver her fourth baby.
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    Deducing medical evidence of torture
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-08) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    On June 9, 2015, the young man died in arenowned private missionary hospital. He had been referred to the hospital from a private health unit in Kampala
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    Different forms of torture and effects
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-08-12) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Health worker who examine alleged victims of torture months or even years after the torture has happened, must have adquate knowledge about the long term effects of tortuure to look for, and document such effects. These will depend on the method of torture
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    Evidence of physical trauma on torture victims
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-08-05) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Information got from the victim will guide a medical examiner when looking for the physical evidence of torture.
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    Interviewing torture victims
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-07-29) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Victims of torture may be interviewed by investigators to record their statements or by health workers to document the forensic evidence of torture and offer them the appropriate treatment.
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    Operation gone wrong. Was it negligence?
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-16) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    A 51-year-old mother of five died two days after a Surgical Operation to remove her appendix. The health facility was sued for medical negligence.
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    Surgery gone wrong
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-02) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Apatient checked into hospital in need of a seemingly simple oparation, however she never woke up. Her relatives sued the hospital. The court was to determine if the health workers were negligent.
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    Torture: How to acess psychological effects.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-26) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Torture cases. The psychological effects of torture are devastating and victims should be handled with extra care.
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    Were doctors careless?
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-09) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Appendicitis Operation. Apatient checked into hospital in need of a seemingly simple operation, however she never woke up. Her relatives sued the hospital. The court was to determine if the health workers were negligent.
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    Who takes the blame?
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-23) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    In establishing the medical doctor cause of death, a medical doctor is required to state the cause and mechanism of death. The cause of death, in medicine, is defined as the initial desease or injury responsible for death.
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    Withdrawal of life support
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-30) Dr. Onzivua, Sylvester
    Machine off. Sometimes patients are beyond recovery as per medical assessment, however the decision on wether to let them die must be done legally to avoid implicating medical personel.