The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has opened up a site at Mulago Hospital where traumatized family members of bomb victims can get psycho-social support, the URCS secretary general, Michael Nataka, has said.
In a press conference at the society’s offices in Wandegeya, Nataka said family members have thronged the URCS tracing desk at Mulago Hospital hoping to find their dear ones, who are still missing.
Over 75 people were killed in bomb blasts that hit the Kyadondo Rugby Club and the Ethiopian Village in Kabalagala, where they had gone to watch the World Cup finals.
Nataka said the Red Cross will be working with 55 volunteers from the Aids Support Organisation, counsellors from the health ministry and Reproductive Health Uganda, to assist the affected persons.
Counsellors will go to the hospital wards to visit bomb survivors, while victims’ relatives will be visited at their homes,” he explained.
A toll-free phone line will also be set up to establish continuous communication and follow-up.
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