Police in Kampala have denied allegations that the force was responsible for a CT scan that revealed that Muhammed Kabanda was born with one Kidney.
Kabanda, 25, a resident of Gangu village in Wakiso district is accusing the medical team at Old Kampala Hospital of removing his left kidney illegally and without his consent.
Kabanda and relatives allege that he was brought to the hospital unconscious after he sustained injuries in a Boda Boda accident, but when he awakened, there was a scar on the left side of his stomach creating suspicion his kidney was removed. A CT scan conducted proved their suspicions to be true.
“I asked the doctor why I had incisions and bandages wrapped around my lower left abdomen area and he told me they had plucked some part off the area to use it on the injured part of the head. This left me confused.”
— Kabanda confirmed last week
However, police spokesperson Fred Enanga has clarified that the scan was carried out by a private health facility called the Kampala Imaging Centre and simply interpreted by police Director of Health Services, AIGP Moses Byaruhanga.
Enanga explains that the CT scan that revealed Kabanda was born with no kidney, a condition called "Renal Agenesis" is not a police report.
“Some of the colleagues from the media were quoting our director for police health services AIGP Dr.Moses Byaruhanga for having come out to inform Muhammad Kabanda and his relatives that the CT scan report was indicating that he was born with one kidney. The CT scan report was not of the police,”
— Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said.
He adds that police are yet to close the file despite AIGP Byaruhanga's analysis of the findings from Kampala Imaging Center. Enanga says investigations are still ongoing by specialists and experts from the medical counsel to ascertain if Kabanda was indeed born with one Kidney.
“These people went to Kampala Imaging Centre and did a CT scan, they came with the report to the director of health services who helped interpret it. He explained to them the findings of the CT scan report which were clearly indicating that Kabanda was born with one kidney. It was an observation from specialists of Kampala Imaging Centre.”
— Enanga says
The management of Old Kampala has since dismissed these allegations of illegal Kidney removal.
Ann Katulege, the Old Kampala Hospital spokesperson said last week that the case is under investigation by both the Police and Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council.
She stated that the final scans and results will be carried out at the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Association Council since they specialize in neutral investigations.
