Woman held for 'stealing child' from hospital

Mar 11, 2016

Prossy Nabaasa was arrested from Kijungu with the young girl.

Police in Mbarara are holding a woman for allegedly stealing a two-year-old girl from Mbarara referral hospital Thursday.

The girl disappeared from the Toto ward where she had been admitted with measles. Her mother had gone to get tea from one of the hospital canteens.

Prossy Nabaasa, 20, was arrested from Kijungu, a suburb in Mbarara municipality, with the young girl.

Vicente Sekatte, the Rwizi region spokesperson, says Nabaasa is to be subjected to a mental checkup before she is charged.

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