Pregnant women at risk in blood shortage mess

Lucy Nyamabu undergoes blood transfusion before delivery, at the Margaret Kenyatta Mother Baby Wing, Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital, in Nakuru. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]

On June 9, 2020, Betty Kiplagat, a first time mother at 26, had a safe delivery and was elated as she held her bundle of joy.

Sadly, as she cuddled her baby at Chemolingot Hospital in Baringo, the mother begun bleeding excessively and became unconscious.