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Pregnant woman gives birth in a bush just outside general hospital

The pregnant woman could not get attention at the Kamuli General Hospital in Uganda, because the health workers had been on strike demanding a salary increment, duty allowances, disbandment of State House Medical and Health Service Delivery Unit among other issues.

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The woman had to resort to the bush to give birth because the health workers were on strike and only attending to emergency cases like accidents, child delivery among others.

Despite child delivery being part of the emergency cases, the health workers said they were attending to, the woman could not get attention.

According to sundayunityblog.com, the health workers are demanding for a salary increment, duty allowances, disbandment of State House Medical and Health Service Delivery Unit among other thorny issues.

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The said woman was able to give birth with ease anyway, and photos of her being helped have been making the rounds on social media and news portals.

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