Road accidents drive 80% of CT scan cases at Kabale hospital.
At least 80 percent of patients visiting Kabale Regional Referral Hospital to seek for the Computed Tomography (CT) scan services monthly are trauma victims with road accidents taking the lead, the hospital’s Principal Radiologist, Moses Chelogoi has revealed.
Chelogoi told our reporter recently that many patients who visit the department are majorly males especially boda-boda riders with most of them with head injuries sustained due to accidents. He added that few cases of females are reported at the hospital with simple injuries as a result assault, among others. Chelogoi asked government to put in places measures to ensure that boda boda riders observe discipline while on roads.
The Ministry of Health Senior Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, is optimistic that once the Automated Express Penalty System as introduced by the government becomes effective, as a strategy aimed at creating a safe road environment, the number of people seeking the CT-scan services at Kabale Hospital will reduce.
According to the 2024 Ministry of Works and Transport’s report, over the last ten years, between 2014 and 2024, the number of fatalities on roads grew by 80.8% from 2,845 in 2014 to 5,144. 60% of the fatalities in 2024 involved vulnerable road users who were not in control of the vehicles, including 1,307 passengers, 1,666 pedestrians, and 138 cyclists.
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