Lira Regional Referral Hospital Joins First-Ever National Cleaning Day

25 July 2026, 2:31 pm

By Regina Lalam Olal

Photos by media officer LRRH

LIRA | Saturday, July 25, 2026

Staff of Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH) today joined communities around the hospital to take part in the first-ever National Cleaning Day.

The exercise was led by Senior Executive Consultant Dr. Andrew Odur and Acting Principal Hospital Administrator Ms. Monica Akello Oyet.

At 7:00 a.m., teams equipped with brooms, scrubbers, and mops swept and cleaned the Outpatient Department, inpatient wards, Accident and Emergency Unit, mortuary, walkways within the hospital, and the perimeter including neighboring areas around LRRH.

Speaking at the close of the exercise, Dr. Odur applauded staff for their commitment and national leaders for initiating the program aimed at addressing public health challenges.

“We are delighted to join the rest of the nation in implementing the National Cleaning Day. As a hospital, we have taken this up, and we were able to mobilize all the staff and care-givers within the hospital to be part of this exercise.

We started with a very big number of staff who left the comfort of their homes and came here to serve,” Dr. Odur said.

He added that in subsequent National Cleaning Days, the hospital will mobilize more people and also use the day to educate the public on health matters.

“Going forward, we are looking at mobilizing more people, not only those within the hospital but also members of the community and our neighbors around the hospital, so that they come and lend a hand as we clean the hospital.

The team is excited. The environment looks neater and cleaner than before, and we want to keep this going for many months and many years to come,” he added.

The National Cleaning Day is a Government of Uganda initiative and will be observed on the last Saturday of every month from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.