Police in Jinja are grilling the administration of Kiira College Butiki, one of the historical schools in Busoga following the mysterious death of one of their students.
The deceased has been identified as Joshua Lukonda, a 17-year-old senior four student who reportedly fell off from his bed in the dormitory and died.
Reports show that the student felt serious headache on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at around 7pm and reported to the school dispensary to seek medical services where he was given Panadol tablets.
A son of Stephen Mulabbi, a resident of Namutumba district, Lukonda, after receiving the Panadol, went back to his dormitory and was later seen by his colleagues falling down from his bed and eventually died.
According to the Kiira region police mouthpiece, SP James Mubi, authorities of the boy’s school called upon ambulance services to have the patient rushed to Jinja regional referral hospital, where he was put on oxygen enroute to hospital but his heartbeat was high (105 per minute).
The patient unfortunately died along the way to the hospital, prompting police intervention.
Mubi said the deceased’s body is currently at Jinja main hospital mortuary as police embark on retrieving the postmortem report.
Police now cautions schools not limited to Kindergarten, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in Jinja and across the country to always have standby medical team including the laboratory technicians who are at all the time attending to the would be patients.
“They should have health workers who are 24/7 at work and to always report both minor and serious illnesses to the respective parents in time and make referrals where need be rather than waiting for the worst situation to happen,” said money.
The officer calls for the prohibition of unlawful and irritating practices such as bullying, homosexuality, fighting, stealing, use of narcotic drugs, and psychotropic substances in schools.
“Such bad practices should be prohibited and closely monitor the student’sbehaviourr generally as per the commission of any crimes,” he added.
Mubi said that all people who get in touch with learners at schools should undergo child policy and safety courses and also do periodic reviews.
