Mbarara Hospital stranded with a three-year-old boy

7 June 2023, 10:04 am

By Aggrey Twesigye

Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital is stuck with a three-year-old boy abandoned by his parents at the facility.

The boy only identified as Rodgers was picked by the hospital staff who handed him over to hospital management and he is currently receiving care in the hospital’s Natasha Ward.

Alex Mbabazi a medical social worker at the facility, revealed that the innocent boy was allegedly dumped by his father only identified as Bob on Friday last week, under unclear circumstances.

It’s worth noting that in December 2022 two babies were abandoned at Mbarara regional referral hospital where one of them passed on as the hospital administration together with police were still tracing her parents.

Halson Kagure, the hospital Public Relations Officer noted that the hospital usually registers two to three cases of children abandonment monthly with some of whom are children with specialities.

Kagure further stated that the hospital is still stranded with a baby identified as Immaculate Ahimbisibwe, who was dumped at the facility in December 2022 with complications of Spina bifida.