Shock as newborns at KNH 33 times likely to die than national average

A new mother with her newborn. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Newborns at Kenyatta National Hospital are 33 times likely to die, according to the facility's records.

The statistics covering the period until end of October 2017 show that a third of babies born at the biggest referral hospital in the region died within the first 28 days of birth.