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An injection gone horribly wrong

Mathew Edajai shows the affected leg of one of the pupils affected by an injection gone bad. [PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD]

The tale of the 28 children from Busia who were given the ‘injection of death’ has been in the media for a while now.

The children had all gone to Akichelesit Dispensary in July last year and a medic there gave them an injection that caused them to suffer paralysis and weakened limbs.

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