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My worry is treatment, not Christmas: detained patients speak out

Wanjiku Ngugi, 32, during an interview. She has been detained at Kenyatta National Hospital for close to a month now over an unsettled bill. [David Njaaga, Standard]

“What is there to celebrate about this Christmas?” Walter Kiriku asked. “I have been here for the past six months and there is no sign I am going home any time soon.”

Since July, the only home Kiriku has known are the four walls of the ward he is confined in at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).

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