Woman detained at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) for 7 months over bill

A 51-year-old woman has been detained at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) for the last seven months after failing to a pay a bill that has accumulated to Sh650,000.

Emily Njeru, a mother of two from Kanja, was admitted to KNH on November 2014 to undergo specialised treatment for a spinal ailment. According to medical reports, she was treated and discharged on December 15, 2014 when the hospital bill stood at Sh335,200 but the amount has risen to the current figure.

“She is sometimes forced out of the bed to sleep on floor when new patients are admitted,” her uncle Ezekiel Maina said.

The family is also appealing to well-wishers to assist in footing the bill through Emily’s Mpesa number 0705589757.