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    U.S. Missionary With No Medical Training Settles Suit Over Child Deaths At Her Center

    Renee Bach ran a treatment center for severely malnourished children in Uganda. Over five years, 105 died. This week, a lawsuit by two mothers who each lost a son was settled with a cash payment.
    by Nurith Aizenman Jul 31, 2020 3 minutes
    Renee Bach, who is 31, was sued in Ugandan civil court over the deaths of children who were treated at the critical care center she ran in Uganda. She has left Uganda and is now living in the U.S.

    Renee Bach, an American missionary who operated a charitable treatment center for severely malnourished children in Uganda despite having no medical training, has settled a lawsuit brought against her in Ugandan civil court by two women and a civil rights organization.

    At least 105 children died in the charity's care. Bach was being sued by Gimbo Zubeda, whose son Twalali Kifabi was one of those children, as well as by a second mother, Kakai Annet, whose son Elijah Kabagambe died at home soon after treatment by the charity.

    Under the agreement reached this week, Bach and the

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