A family forced to abandon their kin at a morgue over Ksh7.9M bill!

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-efforts to raise  the  money through  well-wishers  and harambee have not  been successful- 

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By Bilha Nabwire

Economic hardship has forced a family from Mumbi village in Githurai 45 to consider abandoning their kin’s body at Kenyatta university morgue over 7.9 million pending hospital bill.

The deceased husband, Antony Mburu, says efforts to raise  the  money through  well-wishers  and harambee have not  been successful  and they are  now pleading with the  government and the morgue management  for a  waiver.

“The hospital notified us to pay at least 75% of the bill so as to take the body from the facility which tends to be difficult considering today’s economic hardship we are unable to raise that amount of money, ”Mburu shared.

The deceased, Ann Waithera was admitted to the facility in December last year and was under intensive care for six months when she succumbed.

According to the deceased cousin, Ann Waithera’s death has been a great challenge to the family  and the deceased children who continue to agonize having  failed to accord Ann Waithera a burial.

 

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