Jeremy Mutika helplessly watched as his sister died. Yet, she was in what they took to be a normal health facility but one in which help was not forthcoming when it was needed.
Little did they know that Cefi Nursing Home in Buruburu, Nairobi did not even have the basics of a medical facility - no trained doctor, no nurse, and no functional laboratory.
"She was struggling to breathe and for about 30 minutes, I walked downstairs four to five times to call the doctor and he promised to come but he did not, then after a short while, she couldn't breathe anymore. I held her and prayed for her," Mutika told The Nairobian.
Regina Musenya,39, was laid to rest last Saturday in Kasunguni village in Kitui County, but before her painful death, she was in dire need of palliative care, rushed to Cefi Nursing Home, which is located near her home, her samples taken for a full haemogram test, but died days later when her blood sample was still cooling in a tinny fridge at the facility.
Before her death, Regina and her relatives were given printed results with the hospital's letterhead stating that the test was done and that 'there was no growth.'
A Dr Ouma appended his signature with the hospital's rubber stamp to make the document official. Surprisingly, the result given to the family showed that the test was done for urine, which in actual sense was not requested for.
Mixed up tests results