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Pediatric nurse Christine Sammy (centre with a dummy child) demonstrating to fellow medics how to resuscitate an asphyxiated child at Kitui County Referral Hospital. [Philip Muasya/Standard]
Nothing is more painful to a mother than losing a baby. Losing two in a row is more unbearable. This happened to Patricia Kioko, soon after getting married in 2009.
All was well until she was five months pregnant. Suddenly, her blood pressure shot up to dangerous levels and she miscarried the pregnancy.
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