Mulago runs out of formalin, embalming fees hiked

BY BRIAN SSENOGA KIMULI

Formalin, a solution usually used in the treatment of dead bodies has become a scarce item- one of those lacking in the histology or pathology wing of the national referral hospital and now workers there have resorted to buying it themselves from outside the hospital gates hence, a lucrative business has emerged as they heavily charge those who come for their dead.

An insider at the mortuary told The Razor last week that the hospital ran out of this solution four

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