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70 patients still missing after Mathare Hospital escape

An escaped mentally ill patient.

Nairobi, Kenya: Authorities are still looking for at least 70 mentally ill patients who escaped from Mathari Hospital following a strike by doctors and nurses.

At least 87 patients were reported to have escaped from their wards but only 17 had been found near the facility along Thika Road and returned. Among those recovered was boxer Conjestina Achieng who had been admitted there on Thursday. She was the only woman who escaped from their ward before being found along Thika Road an hour later.

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