Police in Nyamasheke District has arrested Jean Baptise Ntahondereye an intern Nurse on suspected to have injected quinine to a patient who later died.
Ntahondereye was apprehended Thursday at Bushenge hospital. He was in the process of treating Adelaide Nishimwe,4, to whom he administered a quinine injection which is believed to have killed her.
Ntahondereye will be charged with involuntary homicide.
According to Nyamasheke District Police Commander Superintendent Fred Ntidendereza upon Nishimwe’s death, Ntahondereye immediately fled.
The management of the hospital immediately informed Police and a search was mounted.
However, Ntahondereye was convinced to return to work the next day by the management where Police immediately arrested him.
The suspect is currently held at Ruharambuga Police Station pending investigation.
It has not yet been established whether Nishimwe was killed by an overdose however, a doctor from Police Hospital Kacyiru has been dispatched to conduct a post mortem.
If found guilty, Ntahondereye risks a jail sentence of between 6months and 2 years.
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