The accident occurred this morning at Nyarongo village, Kabwoya sub-county as more than 60 students on board were returning from a field practice in Kyangwali sub-county. They were travelling in their school bus registration number UAY 170H when the tragedy occurred.
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Some of the injured Hoima nursing school students admitted at Hoima regional referral hospital after involving in the accident.
More than 20 students of Hoima
school of Nursing and Midwifery have been rushed to Hoima Regional Referral
Hospital in critical condition after a motor accident in Kikuube district.
The accident occurred this
morning at Nyarongo village, Kabwoya sub-county as more than 60 students on board were returning from a
field practice in Kyangwali sub-county. They were travelling in their school bus
registration number UAY 170H when the tragedy occurred.
John Tibenda, an eyewitness told
Uganda Radio Network in an interview that the bus veered off the road and
overturned.
A nurse at Hoima Regional
Referral Hospital who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity explains that most of the
students sustained injuries in the chests, hands, heads, legs face among other
body parts adding that they are closely monitoring their condition. However, she says; the
injured students are responding well to treatment.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region
Police Spokesperson could not readily give more details and particulars of the
injured students but said that the police are investigating to ascertain the
exact cause of the accident.
In September 2019, a student of
Hoima school of Nursing and Midwifery died, while 30 others were critically
injured following a fatal accident that occurred at Kahyoora village along the
Kibaale-Pacwa road in Kibaale District. The deceased was identified as Josephine Kirabo, a Year Two student
of comprehensive nursing.
The students were travelling in a
Kasamba Coach Bus registration number UAS 887W from field practice from
different health facilities in Kibaale and Kakumiro districts at the time the
accident occurred.
