NDA arrests Luweero hospital midwife and three others over alleged theft of government ARVs and drugs

The National Drug Authority said its enforcement officers arrested a midwife at Luweero General Hospital, her two brothers and a former hospital security guard over the alleged theft and possession of more than 12,000 doses of ARVs and other government drugs, which it valued at over Shs50 million. According to NDA spokesperson Abiaz Rwamwiri, the arrests were made in Kisaasi and at Kyalugondo Health Centre III in Luweero District, and the suspects will be charged in the Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court. The midwife denied the allegations and said she had been framed.