Another health worker has succumbed to Ebola at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. The deceased has been identified as Margaret Nabisubi, 58 years, an anesthetic officer who died on Wednesday.
Nabisubi was announced dead by the Minister of Health Ruth Aceng in a tweet. "I regret to announce the passing of another health worker Nabisubi Margaret, an anesthetic officer,".
She is one of the six medical workers from Mubende Hospital who were transferred to Fort Portal last week. after they tested positive for Ebola.
On Saturday, Dr. Mohammed Ali, a 37-year-old Tanzanian national succumbed to Ebola. He was pursuing a Master of Medicine degree at Kampala International University.
He was buried at a cemetery in Fort Portal due to safety and precautionary measures taken while handling such epidemics.
Since last week, the hospital has been managing six health workers after they were transferred from Mubende Regional Referral Hospital to Fort Portal for proper management and treatment.
Last month, the Health Ministry confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in Mubende District after a sample taken from a 24-year-old male from Madudu sub-county came out positive for the Sudan strain of Ebola.
According to Aceng, four health workers have since succumbed to the disease.
Ebola has so far been confirmed in four districts including Mubende where the first case was reported. Others are Kyegegwa with three confirmed cases, Kassanda with one case, and Kagadi where another case was confirmed case.
