Mbagathi Hospital reveals why mother walked with dead baby for 5kmActing Health Executive Charles Kerich (right) and hospital medical superintendent Joseph Karani. [David Njaaga, Standard]Mbagathi Hospital has admitted that inefficiencies in its operations led to Immaculate Auma trekking to city mortuary with the body of her dead baby last week.The hospital, however, maintained that Auma’s baby did not die at the facility but was instead pronounced dead on arrival. Last Wednesday, The Standard reported that Auma had walked for nearly five kilometres with her dead baby from Mbagathi to the Kenyatta National Hospital police post and later to City Mortuary. SEE ALSO :Crisis at Nairobi's biggest public hospitalMr Kerich said that according to hospital policy, Auma was referred to the police to file a notification. However, while the hospital was organising for a vehicle, the mother was discovered to have left with the body of her child,” said Kerich.

Source: Standard Digital February 18, 2019 21:03 UTC