An American missionary is being sued by a group representing Ugandan parents claiming that the woman presented herself as a physician and her home as a medical facility, causing the death of 100 children.
'My son – Elijah Benjamin would be two-years-old today had he been alive. I delivered him at Jinja Hospital on 21 January, 2017. I feel his life was snatched from my arms by the actions of Ms. Renee Bach," Annet told MSN.
In 2015 Bach's medical center was closed by Ugandan officials, but in 2017, Bach told News Advance her non-profit was registered as a rehabilitation center.
According to official Ugandan High Court documents, obtained by The Root, Bach was not a licensed medical practitioner but still “unlawfully practiced medicine and offered ‘medical services’ to unsuspecting vulnerable children.”
The Root also found a report of a Ugandan official who witnessed Bach giving infants blood transfusions, and an interviewed an employee of Serving His Children who said Bach would disrupt medical procedures prescribed by local physicians.
Bach's attorney responded to the lawsuit via the Daily Mail:
"The civil lawsuit filed against Ms Bach is entirely without merit and will be vigorously answered in court.
"One of the children in the lawsuit was never treated by Serving His Children. The other child was treated at Serving His Children while Ms Bach was not in Uganda.
In photographs shared by groups in Africa that are trying to bring her to justice, she is shown giving babies' medical care. It is unclear what exactly she did. The organization says she never did anything beyond giving a child an IV but the mothers say differently