A woman seriously injured in a road accident has died at Kiboga General Hospital after staff delayed treatment and a doctor refused to attend to her urgently.
The accident happened on Monday. Family members tried to get help, but no ambulance came immediately. It was only after opposition politician Musumba Lubambula (NUP) arranged transport that she reached Kiboga Hospital.
On arrival she was given only a drip. She was coughing blood, had internal bleeding and a broken hand, but showed no external wounds. No doctor monitored her condition closely.
The next day staff said she needed transfer to Hoima Hospital because Kiboga had no equipment or medicine. A transfer note was written on Tuesday morning. Getting an ambulance took hours; some contacts did not respond.
When the ambulance finally arrived, hospital staff did not help move the patient. Family members and visitors carried her themselves.
A visitor ran to the doctor and begged for immediate help. The doctor, who was on a phone call, said he would not rush, that he worked at his own pace, and that if the patient was going to die “he was not God”. He told the visitor to leave.
The doctor later came to the ambulance, but the woman had already died. The family received no explanation or apology. The body was released without a post-mortem report.
The family and witnesses say the woman died because urgent care was not provided in time.
The Ministry of Health has not yet issued a statement on the case.
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