{"id":28396,"date":"2016-09-07T06:07:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T06:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/hospital-detains-crocodile-victim-over-unpaid\/"},"modified":"2016-09-07T06:08:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T06:08:16","slug":"hospital-detains-crocodile-victim-over-unpaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/hospital-detains-crocodile-victim-over-unpaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital detains crocodile victim over unpaid medical bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

{St Francis Hospital, Nsambya is a holding a 17-year-old fishmonger, John Basalirwa, a resident of Kayunga over unpaid medical bills.}<\/p>\n

St Francis Hospital, Nsambya is a holding a 17-year-old fishmonger, John Basalirwa, a resident of Kayunga over unpaid medical bills.<\/p>\n

The victim, currently held in the St Patrick surgical ward was attacked by a crocodile on August 4 during a fishing session.<\/p>\n

Mr Basalirwa then lost his right arm to the jaws of a crocodile at Bulwa fishing grounds in Buyikwe district.<\/p>\n

The hospital now demands that Basalirwa pays medical bills amounting to Shs4.3m before he can be discharged.<\/p>\n

However the victim\u2019s family is unable to raise the money. His 90year old father Eliyaphe Kavuma, a father of 10 and resident of Kitwe-Kayunga is unemployed thus lacks means to pay the medical bills.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s mother, a 60 year housewife also has no source of income.<\/p>\n

His elder siblings David Kalyango and Bogere also work as fishmongers at Bulwa fishing grounds in order to make ends meet and can therefore not afford the medical bills.<\/p>\n

Similar incident
\nBasalirwa is not the first to be held over failure to clear medical bills. Patrick Obiga was recently held at the International Hospital Kampala, (IHK) over non-payment though he was later released.<\/p>\n

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