{"id":67517,"date":"2023-07-26T08:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T05:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=67517"},"modified":"2023-07-26T08:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T05:49:38","slug":"police-launch-probe-after-baby-eaten-by-rat-at-kawempe-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/police-launch-probe-after-baby-eaten-by-rat-at-kawempe-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Police launch probe after baby ‘eaten by rat’ at Kawempe Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Githuku and Jane Nafula<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police in Kampala are investigating Kawempe Hospital after a couple questioned the circumstances of the death of their newborn baby whose face a doctor at the facility said was partially eaten by a rat.<\/p>\n

The parents, Yvonne Ainembabazi, 20, and 30-year-old Suleiman Wasswa claim their first baby was likely a victim of ritual sacrifice as a deep wound on the left side of the face was inconsistent with rate bites.<\/p>\n

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Mr Patrick Onyango, says they have opened up a death inquiry file to investigate the circumstances under which the premature baby died.<\/p>\n

He says they are also investigating circumstances under which a rat gained access to where the bodies are kept.<\/p>\n

“The investigations have just begun to establish circumstances; Others are saying the rat gained access to where the bodies are kept, so we need to confirm all that,” Onyango said.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Health spokesperson, Mr Emmanuel Ayinebyoona says he is aware of the claims and the ongoing police inquiry will help establish the facts.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Prof Joel Okullu, the chairperson Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council tells KFM that they have not been petitioned to intervene, but would readily do so if formally asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to our attention, we shall investigate\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

He said the complainant and the defendant would be summoned to present their cases upon which the Council would adjudicate on the matter.<\/p>\n

If found guilty, Prof Okullu said sanctions in the rule book against health workers include a reprimand, suspension, and erasing of their particulars from the registry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Githuku and Jane Nafula Police in Kampala are investigating Kawempe Hospital after a couple questioned the circumstances of the death of their newborn baby whose face a doctor at the facility said was partially eaten by a rat. The parents, Yvonne Ainembabazi, 20, and 30-year-old Suleiman Wasswa claim their first baby was likely a victim of ritual sacrifice as a deep wound on the left side of the face was inconsistent with rate bites. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Mr Patrick Onyango, says they have opened up a death inquiry file to investigate the circumstances under which the premature baby died. He says they are also investigating circumstances under which a rat gained access to where the bodies are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":58716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"F j, Y g:i a","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"3","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1091,141],"class_list":["post-67517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-kawempe-hospital","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}