Kizza Besigye, who collapsed while in court on Wednesday, had been admitted to an ICU at Mulago National Referral Hospital, his wife said.
Detained prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who collapsed while in court on Wednesday, is unconscious and has been admitted to an intensive care unit, his wife said in an X post early on Thursday.
Besigye, 70, collapsed in a court in the capital Kampala where he is standing trial for treason. He was taken away in an ambulance.
In a post on the X platform, Winnie Byanyima, who also heads the United Nations AIDS programme UNAIDS, said her husband had been admitted to an ICU at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital.
"He is unconscious, unable to speak, and unresponsive even to a pain stimulus," she said.
Government spokesperson Alan Kasujja did not answer a Reuters call for comment.
Besigye has been in custody since November 2024 after he was detained together with his aide Obeid Lutale and subsequently charged with treason.
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