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It was either trip to Indiaor death in two years

Doctor Sanand Bag, transplant surgeon and Jay Prakash, transplant nurse undergoing an operation on a patient at the operation theatre at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret Uasin Gishu County on January 27, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The nose bleed did not appear as an alarming sign of a serious health condition. But why wouldn't it stop? Mercy Njeru, 38, from Chuka, reported to a local hospital that March 2019. She got no relief. At the Meru Level Five, a doctor stopped the bleeding from what was a tiny scratch in her nostril.

But that was not all. The doctor delivered unexpected news to Njeru: "Your liver could be sick. We need to run tests."

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