Dr. Baterana Byarugaba the executive director of Mulago National Referral hospital

By Mbabazi Wisdom

Dr. Baterana Byarugaba the executive director of Mulago National Referral hospital for 19 years, has been arrested in connection to ongoing investigations into fraudulent deals amounting to Shillings 20.5 billion . He was appointed by President Yoweri Museveni to improve health service and fight corruption that had bedeviled the institution.

Dr Warren Namara, the head of the unit in investigations says that Baterana was arrested for various management inconsistencies including hiring and the management of human resource.

His arrest on Tuesday followed the arrest of four people believed to have been involved in the irregular procurement of two firms with forged documents to provide services at the hospital.

According to Dr Namara, the unit discovered various inconsistencies during their routine audit of the hospital. Dr Namara says the audit revealed improper accounting of funds at the hospital, forgery of accounting details by service providers, which led to loss of government funds.

The audit report also cites embezzlement and gross misuse of offices by certain administrators at the hospital.