Bedridden MP Betty Nambooze sets off to India
Ms Nambooze for the second time yesterday left for Manipal Hospital in India following what she called her brutal arrest by the police on charges of inciting violence after the death of Arua Municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga on June 8, 2018. PHOTO BY ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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- Mr Obore also revealed that the Medical Board upon clearance, revised Ms Nambooze’s treatment, medical and travel bills to $16,000 (Shs61.94m) and Parliament would deposit the remaining $8,500 (Shs32.8m) on her account.
- On June 20, Dr Byaruhanga Baterana, the executive director of Mulago Hospital authored a letter to Dr Vidyadhara of Manipal Spine Care Center that Ms Nambooze had been recommended for further treatment.
Bedridden Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze has set off from Bugolobi Medical Center to Entebbe Airport from where she will be flown to India for another surgery.
Her personal assistant, Mr Arthur Mugabi said they are slated to check in at Entebbe airport at about 1pm before setting off to the Manipal Spine Care Centre in India for yet another surgery.
He said that her husband Mr Bakaleke and the entire team that have seen her through Kiruddu to Bugolobi are escorting the legislator to Entebbe.
According to Ms Nambooze, Parliament released $7,500 (about ShsShs29m) for her review but it did not consider the fact that she would be treated and re-operated.
“I hope Parliament can reconsider and release for me the money for treatment. However, if they don’t, I have friends, I won’t die here. A report from the doctors in India indicates that I will need to pay about Shs75m,” she said.
But Mr Chris Obore, the Director of Communication and Public Affairs at Parliament, on Monday said that on June 13, Shs108 million was deposited on the legislator’s bank account to cater for her treatment, per diem and travels with her husband.
Mr Obore also revealed that the Medical Board upon clearance, revised Ms Nambooze’s treatment, medical and travel bills to $16,000 (Shs61.94m) and Parliament would deposit the remaining $8,500 (Shs32.8m) on her account.
On June 20, Dr Byaruhanga Baterana, the executive director of Mulago Hospital authored a letter to Dr Vidyadhara of Manipal Spine Care Center that Ms Nambooze had been recommended for further treatment.
“We received this 49-year female patient who reports to have been operated from your facility on November 8, 2017. A week prior to the admission to our facility she developed sudden onset of; several low back pain radiating to the lower limb, worsened by movement and vibrations, chest pain radiation to the precordium, duration of pain lasting three minutes. No associated fainting and epigastric pain,” the letter reads in part.
“In view of the patient’s failure to adequately respond to achieve sustained symptom control, the clinic team strongly recommends that the patient be reviewed by the operating surgeon as previously recommended by the medical board,” it adds.
