Ministry of Health permanent secretary Diana Atwine said Wednesday that they are planning to turn Mandela National Stadium (Namboole) in Kireka into a health facility if the number of COVID-19 cases in the country increase.
Atwine was appearing before the parliamentary committee on the budget. The committee was scrutinizing the supplementary request of Shs 284 billion (later increased to Shs 300bn) to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus.
Atwine, who was responding to questions from Members of Parliament in regarding their preparations to handle the cases in case they rise, said that at the moment they are handling cases of coronavirus in Entebbe Grade B hospital and Mulago hospital.
She says however if the two facilities get filled up, they are already making arrangements to have Namboole turned into a health facility.
Several countries like the United States of America, Italy, China and Spain among others that have been hardly hit by the coronavirus are currently suffering from lack of hospital space, ventilators and protective gears.
Several countries have made makeshift health facilities, while others are constructing and have launched hospitals to handle the coronavirus situation.
