KABALE- Residents living around Kabale Regional Referral Hospital have cried out to the hospital authorities over the heavy stench from the decomposing bodies at the hospital mortuary.
One of the mortuary attendants at the hospital told to our reporter on condition of anonymity that the six bodies have been in the mortuary since November 2023, and another is of a 21-year-old Rwandan national, James Tuyizere, who passed away last month while in transit aboard a Horizon-bound bus registration number UAM 218H, which was traveling from Kampala to Kisoro district.
Now, residents mostly the business community including Jacinta Uwimaana, who operates a hotel and Elia Twasiima, said that they are living in fear of contracting diseases resulting from the stench of decomposing bodies.
Cue In…………Uwimaana on Stench
The Kabale Regional Referral Hospital Administrator, Dr. Nelson Obote, declined to comment and referred our reporter to the Kabale Municipality Town Clerk, Justine Barekye. The Kabale Municipality Deputy Town Clerk, Eric Sunday, also did not comment saying that he was traveling to Kampala.
The Kabale Resident District Commissioner, Godfrey Nyakahuma, said he was not aware of the unclaimed bodies, adding that he has directed the municipal authorities to collaborate with the hospital leadership to ensure that the bodies are buried before the end of tomorrow.
Cue In………… Nyakahuma on Response
