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| Mbeya Kijana (right), mother of baby Islam Saidi who died on Tuesday night, is consoled by Mombasa County Executive for Health Binti Omar, Wednesday. Islam was born with a rare birth defect. [Photo: Maarufu Mohamed/Standard] |
Mombasa, Kenya: Baby Islam Saidi, who has been in the Press following corrective surgery for a blocked anal passage and who was said to be recovering died on Tuesday night from complications brought about by the birth defect.
Islam was born at the Coast Provincial General Hospital and discharged on the same day after a midwife assured his mother that he was fine.
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