BY LUCKY PATRICK
Another person has died, bringing the death toll to three, Bunyangabu ambulance fire victims.
The latest victim is Donah Kabahuma, an attendant, who was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital-FRRH.
Two others including Peter Baluku, an emergency nurse from Bwera hospital in Kasese and his patient, Robert Asaba, died on the spot when the ambulance burst into flames in Nyakigumba Town Council along Fort Portal-Kasese road in Bunyangabu district on Wednesday morning.
Three other victims namely Masereka Zamari, the driver of the ambulance belonging to Bwera hospital, Jane Kabalisa and Garvin Bagaya, both relatives of Asaba are nursing burns.
All the victims, except the driver and nurse are from Hamukungu in Lake Katwe Sub County, Kasese district.
Eye witness
Eyewitnesses, say the fire started from the patient’s cabin where the deceased fire victims were seated.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health-MoH , explained that their field emergency care teams were transferring a patient from Bwera General Hospital to FPRRH when an ambulance registration number UG 4191M they were travelling in mysteriously caught fire, a few kilometers from Kibito Town.
“The ministry of health would like to inform the public about pictures of a burning ambulance circulating on social media.
Our emergency care teams were transferring a referred patient from Bwera general hospital to Fort Portal RRH in an abulance that caught fire while in a transit at Kibiito” noted the Ministry in a statement.
The Ministry Spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, said that the emergency medical services department had dispatched a team to evacuate the causalities to Kiruddu National Referral Hospital for specialized treatment.
“The emergency medical services department at the ministry of health has sent a team to evacuate the causalities who survived with severe burns to Kirudu National Referral Hospital where there is a specialized burns unit,”. Part of the statement shared by Ainebyoona read.
He stated that at the moment the cause of the fire is unknown but experts would investigate the incident.
Journalist explains condition at the accident scene in Bunyangabu-kibiito
