Baby Musa requires operation at Mombasa’s Pandya Hospital

Hamizi Menza (left) and his wife Rehema Mohamed (right) holding baby Menza during an interview at Standard offices offices in Mombasa

MOMBASA, KENYA: A young couple in Mombasa is stranded and seeking for financial help to treat their 16 months old son who was born with (Hirschsprung), a condition that affects the large intestine and requires operation to pass stool.

Hamisi Musa underwent a first colostomy in his first week of birth after his stomach started swelling due to lack of an outlet to pass stool.