Shocking expose’: Surviving three months at Butabika

I, myself, begged many evenings to leave the hospital in order to save my job, but to no avail.

Not a day goes by without an escape or escape attempt at Butabika. Illustrations by Phillip Nsamba

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

Butabika is a name that strikes terror into the hearts of many Ugandans. The largest mental hospital is regarded by some people as a mental asylum in the

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Shocking expose’: Surviving three months at Butabika

I, myself, begged many evenings to leave the hospital in order to save my job, but to no avail.

Not a day goes by without an escape or escape attempt at Butabika. Illustrations by Phillip Nsamba

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