Medics from Poland to aid Uganda in the fight against Covid-19

A team of Polish medics will be deployed to Ugandan hospitals to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM) announced on Thursday.

 

The seven-strong team of physicians and emergency medical staff will be coming to Uganda on Friday to replace a team of Polish medics already in the country. The operation is part of a World Health Organisation’s aid mission in Africa.

 

In Uganda, the Poles will help train local medical staff in COVID-19 treatment and will also help improve sanitary conditions in clinics to reduce in-house infection risks.

 

According to the PCPM website, “The mission will begin in Mulago, Uganda’s largest public hospital. It is a facility with the greatest COVID-19 treatment options, yet still insufficient to effectively provide all patients with much needed life and healthcare.”

 

The PCPM emphasised that “the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is a huge challenge for the African continent on an unprecedented scale”, adding that “the Delta variant is up to 60 percent more contagious than the existing variants and is spreading to more countries in the continent, driving the most lethal wave for Africans.”