President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has taken a decision and fully appointed Dr. Rosmary Byanyima Kusaba the former Acting Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH) The Executive Director of this national referral hospital.
Dr. Kusaba was the deputy director of Mulago National Referral Hospital since 2022 before the handover of office by the embattled former Executive Director Dr. Baterena Byarugaba after being interdicted by Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine.
Dr.Byarugaba was arrested after investigations by the Health Monitoring Unit linked him to mismanagement of the national referral and causing financial loss of up to 28billion Shillings.
While handing over office, he said that his 11year leadership at the hospital has accorded the country among others oxygen plants, increased training of the human resource to become specialists and super specialists in addition to building staff quarters which had been a perennial problem at the facility.
In his remarks at the event which was attended by members of the board, Kenneth Akiiri, the Ministry of Health Under-Secretary urged Byanyima to focus on rebuilding the hospital brand which he said is recently riddled with corruption claims.
Apart from this, the official pledged to accord Baterana all the necessary support he needs to unearth truths about the allegations levied against him.
In a letter addressed to Byarugaba, PS Diana Atwiine asked him to hand over office to his deputy Dr. Rosemary Byanyiima.
“Pursuant to Section F-s and F-r of the Public Service Standing Orders,2021, you are hereby interdicted from duty to pave way for investigations and you will receive half pay with immediate effect until the charges against you have been cleared,” the letter reads in part.
Akiiri says by honoring this and showing up for the handle over, Baterana had expressed high-level civility and that his successor should always consult him whenever she encounters challenges.
Earlier however, Baterana’s lawyers had indicated to that they would file an injunction against the interdiction saying that their client had not been given an opportunity to defend himself.
Mulago is located in Kawempe North Division of Kampala the Capital City of Uganda. Founded in 1913 as a center for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, MNRH has grown to become a “Brand” for tertiary healthcare in Uganda and has a specialised section.
In 1962 Queen Elizabeth the first donated the Lower Mulago infrastructure of storied block to the government Uganda and that led to tremendous growth in bed capacity of the hospital. Currently the bed capacity of Lower Mulago is 900 and Upper Mulago 700 and this makes MNRH the largest in Uganda.
Mulago offer Pediatric, Surgery and Internal Medicine services with all their subspecialities. The diagnostic services include Radiology, Clinical Laboratory, Pathology and Nuclear Medicine.
Also has emergency services include Acute Care Unit for Pediatrics, Accident and Emergency (commonly known as Causality) for surgical cases and Medical Emergency Unit for adults and these are operational 24/7. We also run wide range of specialized clinics on designated days which you can find out from this website. However, there are medical clinics for both children and adults located at Assessment Center where walk in patients are attended to during regular working hours.
According to Dr. Bbyanyima Kusaba,there is a full range of Support Services including Human Resource Department, Accounts and Procurement units, Biomedical and Civil Engineering, Catering, Sterilization and Laundry units at Mulago among others.