The Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament, Cecilia Atim Ogwal collapsed in parliament this afternoon.
Sources in Parliament say that the legislator reportedly started vomiting and feeling nauseated around 2:00 pm before she collapsed.
The parliamentary medic team picked her up from the pigeonhole area and took her to the waiting room where they administered first aid according to eye witnesses.
She was later rushed with an ambulance to her home for rest.
Ogwal confirmed to us to feeling sick at Parliament and being given assistance but said she was out of danger. She said she was feeling better after vomiting but was still nauseated.
Although there is no plenary on Mondays, MPs attend committee and commission meetings while other attend to business in their offices.
The Corporate and Public Affairs department of parliament couldn’t be reached to comment on the matter by the time of filing this story.
According to the ‘Iron lady’, she left home in good health and proceeded to carry out some transaction at the bank. While climbing Parliament’s stairs, she felt nauseated and started vomiting uncontrollably.
“So I felt like throwing up and I could not hold it, so I started vomiting uncontrollably, I even threw my bag at the staff at the reception and headed straight to the wash rooms,” she said.
She explained that the vomiting could have been triggered by something she couldn’t explain. She ruled out the possibility of food poisoning.
“So I was admitted at the emergency unit of Parliament and our medical team did a check-up including a malaria test which turned out negative except my blood pressure was a bit high and they advised that I should rest; and I was taken home. I’m now feeling much better,” she said as quoted by a local website.
