Disabled patients and those with memory loss stranded at KNHIn the past one year that Sharon Atieno and Kepher Kaimenyi have shared a room in a paediatric wing, they have grown quite fond of each other. SEE ALSO :Hospitals holding 300 patients, 391 bodies over billsKepher has Down Syndrome and is confined to a wheelchair. But they are not the only patients at KNH with no family or a place to go. On April 2, KNH, which had been criticised for detaining patients over unpaid medical bills, waived the debts of 258 patients, including Kepher and Sharon. The cost of taking care of the patients, said the chairman, was high and put added pressure on the facility’s strained resources.

Source: Standard Digital April 16, 2019 21:04 UTC