NEWS- Arinitwe Pankarasio is slowly rotting on hospital bed to nearly death due difficulty in accessing finances for his commendable medication after a boda boda accident he was involved in last year, 2023.
Currently stranded at Kitagata Hospital in Sheema district, the 40-year-old Arinaitwe is a native of Rwakiriba Village, Buhunga Parish, Buhunga Sub County, in Rukungiri district.
According to information obtained by our reporter from the victim’s wife, Mrs. Kyompire Sophia, the accident occurred in February 2023 when Arinaitwe was being ferried as a passenger.
After the accident, the Arinaitwe was admitted at Kalori Lwanga Hospital Nyakibale and later referred to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital for further specialized medication for the multiple trauma and traumatic head injuries in the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU).
Since then, Kyompire narrates that her husband’s circumstances haven’t improved, hence decided to try Kitagata hospital stressing that they overspent on medication, sold off the family pets and a tiny plot of land to pay for Arinaitwe’s prescribed drugs, but recovery seems in vain.
Kyompire revealed that she has reached a point where she is unable to provide for her spouse a healthy dinner or even purchase him medicine adding that their four children have also dropped out of school due to school fees hardship.
She added that her husband was operating a shop in their local trading center at the time of the tragedy and the shop has since been closed yet it was a source of family’s survival.
“My husband spends days and nights lying like this. He cannot walk, talk or sit for over a year now” Kyompire tearfully narrated the daily struggles she goes through.
In order to ensure her husband’s survival, the wife requests well-wishers to lend their assistance stressing that she is worried since her husband is now developing large wounds on both sides of his buttocks, an indication that he may not heal as earlier anticipated.
The victim’s sister, Kobusingye Cledonia, tearfully described how she traveled from her hometown to take care of her brother, but they are presently having difficulty affording all the essentials for their patient’s treatment.
In order for their patient to live, Kobusingye is now pleading with the Rukungiri district leadership, including the Rujumbura County Members of Parliament, Hon. Maj. Gen. Jim Katugugu Muhwezi, the Rukungiri district Woman legislator, Hon. Midius Natukunda Kaharata, and other well-wishers to support them such that their patient can survive.
According to the Kitagata Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr. John Kabwishwa, the patient urgently requires assistance and care in order to survive adding that hopes are alive that he can recover upon receiving commendable treatment, pleading with well-wishers to help preserve his life.
Dr. John Kabwishwa went on to say that in order to prevent similar situations in future in the event of an accident, boda boda operators and passengers should always wear protective gear since they are designed to help in such situations.
Any well-wisher can support the family via 0764352072 in the name of Kobusingye Kerodonia.
