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Lira health worker held over extortion

Police in Lira District are holding a health worker over allegations of extortion of money from patients in exchange for medical services.

Benedict Ogwal, a theatre assistant at Ogur Health Centre IV in Ogur Sub-county, Lira District was arrested on October 7, 2024 after some patient attendants accused him for demanding money from them prior to an operation.

According to a police report, Ogwal allegedly asked for Shs 200, 000 from each patient to be operated and he had already received Shs150,000 from each of three patients who were already operated.

Further, an expectant mother was operated on condition that she would offer Shs200, 000 the following day.

“It’s reported that one of the patient attendants who didn’t have money and his patient was not attended to informed police resulting in the arrest of the suspect,” police noted.