Exodus of escapee patients at Butabika Hospital puts it on spot

By Drone Staff Writer

Government rules call to adherence of efficiency of a vote budget allocations in a proper procedure.  Activities undertaken as per work plan and expenditures incurred for the intended purposes should achieve objectives.

Unfortunately, this seems to be lacking at Butabika Hospital.  The exodus of men and women with mental illness from the hospital is evidence. According to the number of escapees The Drone Media confirmed at the security check point, there must be something chasing them from the hospital.

As it is, The Drone Media asked one of the escapees, a one Ndawula. According to Ndawula, the injections at Butabika Hospital make you long for food all the time. In simple words, patients at Butabika Hospital need to eat well and be fed on heavy foods like eggs, nice posho and chapattis.

Ndawula explained to The Drone Media that the eggs and other nice foods meant for the patients, always disappear. Whenever patients ask for food they are injected with seductive, claiming the lunacy is at climax.

As a result many patients escape from Butabika Hospital.  Those who remain have no choice, but to die from there. The hospital administration take advantage of lack of this information to the public. Patients at Butabika Hospital are regarded by public as lunatics, who don’t deserve nice treatment because they are insane. Otherwise, their eggs would not be eaten by administration.

When The Drone Media asked for clarification from the Executive Director Dr David Basangwa, the secretary asked for a letter from Media Centre, allowing it to interview the director of the hospital.

According to the information available on the fact sheet of Ministry of Finance, Butabika Hospital was given sh3.9 bn to cater for patients.

This excludes other expenses like the Hospital`s medium term plans for enhancing provision of mental and general health care including provision of mental health training to male, female and disabled students, provision of technical supervision, research and advocacy on mental health issues regarding male, female and marginalized groups.

There are ten principles that govern procurement. They are: Value for Money; economy; efficiency; equity; fairness, transparency, accountability, reliability; competition and integrity. Your guess is as good as if Butabika Hospital adheres to the values.