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Uganda Red Cross evacuates over 50 casualities

Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) evacuates over 50 people to Mulago Referral Hospital after they sustained injuries in the on-going riots today (April 29, 2011) . The leading humanitarian agency in Uganda has deployed all its fleet and ambulances to provide on-site first aid services and evacuate those with serious injuries to any nearby hospital.

Hundreds of Uganda Red Cross volunteers have been deployed in Kampala City and all major towns in the country with an aim of saving those injured while treating them with dignity.