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SHA woes: Unpaid claims cripple hospitals, patients left to bear pain of bills

Health CS Aden Duale addresses MPs during their retreat in Naivasha. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

At a private hospital on the outskirts of Nairobi, empty beds, drawn curtains and an unsettling silence define the female ward.

On a normal day, the ward would be a beehive of activity, with mothers receiving post-delivery care, babies being breastfed, and relatives anxiously waiting along the corridors to visit their loved ones.

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