Kiambu Man Camps at Hospital after Newborn Baby Dies Due to Alleged Hospital Negligence
- A family in Kiambu county is mourning the death of their newborn baby, following alleged hospital negligence
- The father claimed he rushed his wife to the hospital after she went into labour, but no doctor was available to attend to her
- He alleged a nurse told him she had no airtime to call the on-duty doctor and refused to give him the number
- The couple is calling for justice, saying they were let down by a facility they trusted; the woman is hoping to regain sensation in her lower muscles
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A family in Kiambu county is reeling in sorrow after losing their newborn baby due to alleged negligence by a local hospital.
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The baby’s father camped outside the facility overnight, seeking justice for his child and wife.
What happened to Kiambu man’s newborn?
He claimed that he brought his wife to the hospital after she began experiencing labour pains, but no doctor was available to attend to her.
“The students present left my wife and me alone in the room for about 17 minutes, and I had to leave her to look for a doctor myself,” he said.
The heartbroken man alleged a nurse told him she had no airtime to call the doctor on duty and refused to give him the doctor's number so he could call directly.
“It took the doctor who was supposed to carry out the emergency caesarean section two and a half hours to arrive. The nurse was very rude,” he claimed.
According to him, scans had shown the baby was fully developed, yet the doctors said they needed to administer medicine for the lungs to form.
He added that his wife became increasingly unwell, began vomiting, but no action was taken.
“I was told the doctor was stuck in traffic. The anaesthesiologist arrived almost two hours later as well. My wife was fine, her vitals were okay, she even ate, and I helped her walk around. But within that two and a half hours, everything changed,” he claimed.
He believes his baby died because of medical negligence and insists his wife didn’t even require a caesarean section in the first place.
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What happened to the mum and child?
Narrating her ordeal, the mother said everything seemed normal at first until the labour pains intensified.
She claimed that a nurse told her the doctor had advised she should only be checked after four hours.
“When they finally took me to the theatre, the doctor who performed the surgery said that if they had waited any longer, my uterus would have ruptured,” she said.
She said she delivered a baby girl, but tragically, the child did not survive.
Through tears, the grieving woman added that since the surgery, she has lost feeling in the muscles around her behind.
“The doctors said it was due to prolonged labour and that it might go back to normal, but they’re not sure,” she said.
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She also expressed concern about caring for her other young children.
“I’m hurt, broken, and disappointed. I feel terrible. We may have to go to court if they don’t co-operate,” she said.
She alleged that the hospital’s owner had admitted liability and was supposed to meet with her husband, but failed to show up.
What led to death of pregnant woman in Kisii?
TUKO.co.ke also reported that an expectant woman went to Magena Dispensary in Kisii after experiencing labour pains.
However, the doctors allegedly kept Phanice Ratemo waiting and in labour for more than 24 hours, which led to her death.
Her family blamed the hospital and called for justice, claiming that the doctors and nurses present fled and left her lifeless body for the family to attend to.
Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
