Renee Bach, 35, has been accused of pretending to be a doctor after setting up a malnutrition clinic in Uganda (Pictures: Twitter/ No White Saviors)

Two mothers have accused an American missionary who set up a clinic in Uganda of causing the deaths of more than 100 babies.

Renee Bach, 35, moved from her native Virginia when she was 18 to set up the Serving His Children clinic in Masese to treat young children with malnutrition.

In High Court documents filed by mothers Gimbo Zubeda and Kakai Annet they claim they brought their children to the facility after being given the impression Bach was a trained medical professional.

Their lawsuit claims Bach would walk around wearing a stethoscope and white coat.


Ms Annet, who gave birth at the clinic in 2017, said her newborn was ‘snatched’ by Bach and the clinic and subsequently died.

A lawsuit claims Bach would walk around wearing a stethoscope and white coat (Picture: Nikki Gagnon/Twitter)

The Virginia native is alleged to have caused the deaths of more than 100 children (Picture: Caren Pinto/Twitter

Bach claims she had never done more than give an IV to a child (Picture: No White Saviors)

She said: ‘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.’

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Both women say they only found out Bach was not a doctor after their children’s deaths and are demanding her clinic is shut down and they are given damages.

The Women’s Probono Initiative, which filed the lawsuit, said: ‘The mothers allege that they were led to believe that Ms. Renee Bach was a “medical doctor” and that her home was a “medical facility” as she was often seen wearing a white coat, a stethoscope and often administered medications to children in her care.

‘When their children died however, they were told that Ms. Renee has no training at all in medicine and that in 2015, the District Health Officer had closed her facility and ordered her to not offer any treatment to any child.’

The organisation has also claimed that the clinic is still accepting patients, despite being told in 2015 to close down by The Department of Health.

Others alleged she sent children home after ‘fattening them up’ without making sure it was safe to do so (Picture: No White Saviors)

It is claimed that the clinic is still accepting patients, despite being told in 2015 to close down by The Department of Health (Picture: Nikki Gagnon/Twitter

Other parents allege she sent children home after ‘fattening them up’ without making sure it was safe to do so, according to MailOnline.

Bach has admitted in the past she has no medical training, but claimed the most she ever did to treat a child was give them an IV.

Allegations about the practice were made public in 2018, after staff at the clinic told NBS it had changed its practices.

In response to the claims at the time, the Serving His Children clinic said: ‘At no time has our founder, Renee Bach, presented herself as a medical professional, experimented on or caused the death of any child.

‘Having been trained by medical professionals to start IVs, Ms. Bach has in the past provided assistance in such procedures when requested and currently serves in an administrative capacity and participates in fundraising for the organisation.’

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