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STRANDED: Linda Nakitende and her children in
Ward 5B Mulago Hospital |
By Wilsons Manyire
LINDA Nakitende, 18, has delivered a set
of healthy triplets but she is not celebrating.
Nakitende, who is
lying helplessly in Mulago hospital with her three babies, on Monday said
the father of the children, Ahmed Nsubuga, disappeared three months ago,
as soon as doctors told him that she had a complication that required a
caesarean operation.
�I do not have clothes and milk. I am weak
and doctors tell me I do not have enough water in my body. They have
prescribed some medicine but I do not have the money to buy it. I do not
know where to go when I leave the hospital,� she said.
Nakitende
was speaking to The New Vision from her bed in Ward 5B, where she has been
for three months.
Nurses who have been taking care of Nakitende
said, �She depends on us for everything from food, and clothing, to
medical attention. Now that she has given birth and the babies are in good
condition, she should leave the hospital,� a nurse who preferred anonymity
said.
The nurse added that Nakitende, who delivered after an
operation, needed proper attention and routine medical check-ups which she
cannot afford.
�He is unemployed and has another wife in Buziga,�
Nakitende said of the father of her children.
Robert Akankwasa,
who has been helping Nakitende, confessed that he could not afford to
bring up the children and appealed for assistance from the public.
Doctors said the children were in good condition, although they
were concerned about how their lives would be outside the hospital.
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Published on: Thursday, 19th December,
2002 |
