Accident victims stranded at Mulago without relatives

Oct 17, 2017

One of the victims was knocked from Busunju on Hoima Road and rushed to hospital by Police

Accident victims stranded at Mulago without relatives

This patient is admitted in the emergency and accident ward. Photos by violet Nabatanzi

A 40-year-old man only identified as Oscar is lying in pain at Mulago Hospital after he sustained severe head injuries in a hit and run accident.

Oscar has spent more than two weeks at the facility's emergency and accident ward.

The health workers on the ward said Oscar has undergone a brain CT-Scan and X-rays, but his relatives have not appeared at the hospital. At the moment he has lost his memory and cannot contact his relatives.

According to his medical file he was knocked from Busunju on Hoima Road and rushed to hospital by Police.

This female patient was involved in a road accident on Masaka road

Other victims are admitted in the neurosurgery and trauma wards. The head of neurosurgery ward Dr Michael Muhumuza said other victims have spent about three months on the wards without any relatives showing up. 

The patients include a female victim who sustained head and chest injuries following an accident on Masaka Road in July. He said the victim spent two months in the Intensive care unit and she has just been transferred to the ward for further treatment.

One of the unknown patients admitted at the neurosurgery ward

The patient's condition is now stable although she cannot speak properly. Muhumuza said such patients need their relatives to take care of them and provide supplementary feeds.

"Relatives help in recovery process, patients with relatives heal so fast than those without any family member. The hospital provides food but cannot provide supplementary feeds," he said.






 

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