Africa-Press – Uganda. Police Thursday said fishermen recovered two bodies of intern doctors died from Lake Victoria in Masaka City.
Masaka District Police Commander (DPC) identified the deceased as Mr Ahmed Abdallah and Mr Emmanuel Kidambire who were finalists pursuing a Bachelor of Human Medicine and surgery at Islamic University in Uganda and Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) respectively.
“The students drowned in the lake December 8 as they had gone to have leisure time at Nabugabo sand beach. This happened after one of them decided to ride a boat yet he was not a professional at it,” he explained.
At Kitovu Hospital in Masaka City, the deceased were on a one-year internship that precedes deployment- after studying the five-year course at university.
“They did not have life jackets and there was no one to their rescue, indicating possible reluctance in the beach management before they drowned,” police observed.
Greater Masaka police spokesperson Mr Mohamed Nsubuga told this publication that further investigations are underway although the forces are yet to summon the beach management for interrogation.
“We however blame the beach management for letting the place operate despite its closure as per State covid-19 guidelines,” he noted.
Mr Nsubuga also blamed the local leaders failing to implement Covid-19 restrictions.
The bodies had been taken to Kitovu hospital for postmortem by press time as police also said: “They will soon be delivered to the respective relatives for burial.”
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