Renee Bach, an American Citizen from Bedford in Virginia has run the Serving His Children (SHC) facility in Masese I village Jinja for the last 9 years. |
Kampala, UGANDA:
An American woman who founded a Christian nonprofit in Uganda, which she allegedly operated as an unlicensed medical facility, is accused of making residents believe that she was a doctor — and only coming clean with the truth after numerous babies died in her care, according to a lawsuit.
Renee Bach, 29, of Bedford, V.A., has been sued in civil court by a Ugandan advocacy group representing two mothers, plaintiffs Gimbo Brenda and Kakai Annet. The suit claims that Bach’s actions “led to the death of hundreds of children.”
Both Brenda and Annet’s children died when Bach was taking care of them at her nonprofit, Serving His Children, in Jinja, Uganda, the suit alleges.
“It is unacceptable, narcissistic behaviour, for anyone, black or white, rich or poor, missionary or angel to pass off as a ‘medical practitioner’ when they are not,”
Beatrice Kayaga, a spokeswoman at the advocacy group - Women’s Probono Initiative - said in a statement. “By doing so, they mislead unsuspecting vulnerable members of the public.”
Beatrice Kayaga, a spokeswoman at the advocacy group - Women’s Probono Initiative - said in a statement. “By doing so, they mislead unsuspecting vulnerable members of the public.”
Brenda and Annet claim that they were made to believe Bach was a “medical doctor,” as she was often seen wearing a white coat and stethoscope.
Bach also allegedly “often administered medicals to children in her case.”
Bach also allegedly “often administered medicals to children in her case.”
However, they were only told that Bach did not have any medical training when their children died. They were also told that the District Health Officer had closed her facility and ordered her to not offer any treatment to any child in 2015.
Pictured is Renee Bach standing in a room at Serving His Children in Masese. The room is covered, wall to wall, with photos of malnourished children. Image: NWS. |
Renee Bach grew up in Bedford County, Virginia and heads up Serving His Children, a nonprofit she said that was created for inpatient and outpatient programs that was partnered with the government in Uganda.
In an interview last year, Bach said her organization had treated 3,400 children suffering from severe malnutrition since 2011. Now, a lawsuit is alleging the mothers of two children served by her ministry led to their children's deaths and the deaths of hundreds of children in Uganda.
Bach’s lawyer, David Gibbs, disputed the notion that Bach represented herself as a doctor or nurse.
“She made nutritional care provided by qualified medical professionals more accessible for families in rural areas,”
Gibbs said in a statement on Twitter. GIbbs also said that Serving His Children hired licensed Ugandan doctors and nurses to provide healthcare through its nutrition program to combat malnutrition in Uganda.
Gibbs said in a statement on Twitter. GIbbs also said that Serving His Children hired licensed Ugandan doctors and nurses to provide healthcare through its nutrition program to combat malnutrition in Uganda.
He calls Brenda and Annet “reputational terrorists” and said the suit will be “vigorously answered in court.” He did not respond to the claim that the clinic was shutdown and ordered not to offer treatment.
On its website, Serving His Children calls itself a “God-breathed and directed ministry” working to end malnutrition in Uganda.
Brenda and Annet have called for the organization to be shut down. They have also asked for damages.
“My son, Elijah Benjamin, would be two years old today had he been alive. I delivered him at Jinja Hospital on 21st January, 2017,” Annet said in a statement. “I feel his life was snatched from my arms by the actions of Ms. Renee Bach. I hope the court can give me justice.”
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