Nurses at Hoima hospital concluded that the boy had to undergo an amputation due to gangrene, a condition which occurs due to poor or a lack of blood supply to the artery. Tumusiime is still on treatment at Hoima hospital's surgical ward.
Michael Wani, the vice chairperson of refugee welfare council says since aid agencies suspended the supply of safe water to camps, refugees are now using unsafe water fetched from distant areas and shared between refugees and uncomfortable communities.
