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Patients go home smiling after Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho foots their bills

Mombasa Governor, Ali Hassan Joho (right) and Chairman Joho Foundation, Abu Joho (left) carry twins at the Coast Provincial General Hospital. Looking on is the mother of the twins, Hellen Adhiambo. [Photo by Omondi Onyango/Standard]

Fifty patients who were being detained at the Coast General Hospital for failing to pay bills amounting to Sh2.1 million have been released by Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho.

The patients released included eight mothers of newly born babies who were detained because they had no identity cards to enable enjoy National Hospital Insurance (NHIF) used in paying maternity bills.

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