KAMPALA: Mulago National Referral Hospital Executive Director Dr. Byarugaba Baterana has been arrested by the State House Health Monitoring Unit.
Dr. Baterana was on Tuesday morning, March 1, 2022, picked up by detectives from Mulago and taken to an unknown destination.
Dr. Warren Namara, the director of the State House Health Monitoring Unit, confirmed Baterana’s arrest, adding that they are taking statements from him at their office in Nakasero, Kampala.
“We got queries on plant, machinery, financial and human resources, general management, among others. So we are asking him to assist us in understanding a few of those things,” Dr. Namara is quoted by State-owned New Vision newspaper as saying.
Sources at Mulago, who declined to be named because they are not authorised to speak on the matter, said the hospital director is being investigated over allegations of mismanagement of hospital funds, handling of staffing and procurement processes.