@UGLawyer The current president of Rwanda was born and raised in Uganda. He also served the Ugandan army. So tell me what situation are u talking about
A National Referral Hospital without a CT scan machine. A National Referral Hospital without essential emergency equipment.
This is what I witnessed firsthand.
Yesterday, my uncle was involved in a tragic road accident along the Kayunga Highway in Mukono District. Despite the efforts of the first responders who did everything possible to save him, he later succumbed to the injuries he sustained.
My two cousins, who were travelling with him, survived but suffered critical injuries. We rushed them to Mulago Hospital, Uganda's premier national referral facility, hoping they would receive urgent specialized care.
What followed was deeply disappointing.
For nearly 40 minutes at the casualty ward, no one attended to the patients. When assistance finally came, we were advised to transfer them to Ryan Hospital opposite the Law Development Centre because Mulago reportedly lacked a functioning CT scan service. To make matters worse, we had to arrange and pay for private transport ourselves, as there was no ambulance readily available to facilitate an emergency referral.
It is difficult to understand how a National Referral Hospital can lack such critical diagnostic services and emergency response capacity. One would expect the country's highest-level public health facility to be the place where lives are saved, not where patients are referred elsewhere in their most vulnerable moments.
Sometimes it feels as though our health system operates on a simple principle: survive the accident first, then survive the referral process.
This experience has left me heartbroken, frustrated, and profoundly disappointed. My family's tragedy has exposed painful gaps in a system that millions of Ugandans depend upon.
Ugandans deserve better.