Police in Kampala are investigating a case in which a 25-year-old petty trader in Owino market (St Balikuddembe Market) has accused Old Kampala Hospital of harvesting one of his kidneys without his knowledge after he sought surgical operation at the health facility.
Muhammad Kabanda, a resident of Gangu village on the outskirts of Kampala is said to have visited the said health facility on September 24, 2022 following a boda boda accident along Lukuli road.
Kabanda says he was asked to pay Shs3.35 million for the head operation and an additional Shs2 million for medication but when the operation was done he was shocked to discover that he had a fresh incision on the left hand side of his abdomen which could not be satisfactorily explained by the doctors at the facility or their management.
Kabanda says when he went and did two ultrasound scans; one at Malcom and the second one at Mulago national referral hospital and the reports of radiologists confirmed that his left kidney had been extracted.
Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango said they summoned the hospital administration to record a statement.
Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago who is also Kabanda’s lawyer said cases of illegal kidney harvest in Uganda have spiked.
This latest claim of kidney extraction comes at a time when a joint team of investigators from security agencies and immigration is probing the increasing reports of illegal harvesting of internal organs of Ugandan domestic workers.
