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Hospitals Kenyans flock to in India are just as good as local Level Fours

Economists concur that the cost of medical healthcare in India is cheaper than Kenya’s. [Courtesy]

Tears rolled down the 40-year-old cheeks of David Wachira as he recalled his successful spinal surgery in India.

“My parents came to pick me at JKIA and could not believe their eyes when they saw me walking like I used to 10 years earlier,” says the businessman from Njoro, Nakuru County.

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