Dr Joel Lesan stands at the door of Ward 4D at the Kenyatta National Hospital watching children play. “Look,” he says, pointing to what has caught his attention in the ward which houses children with burns. Then there is Brian* who got burnt when a curtain at home caught fire when his mother stepped out briefly. And when children are playing and fighting, it is common for them to bite one another,” Dr Okoth told HealthyNation. “You cannot ask the mother for the money, and the government will not pay the bill … we have to survive.

Source: Daily Nation February 12, 2019 10:52 UTC