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Patients hard hit by county cash crunch

Outpatients waiting to be attended by health workers at Nyeri Referral Hospital on May 14, 2021. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

When Patrick Mwangi, 37, from Kieni visited Nyeri County Referral Hospital on May 3, he was diagnosed with an abdominal problem and was advised to take an X-ray.

He was supposed to part with Sh3,000 but unfortunately, he didn’t have the money and had to go back home without receiving any treatment.

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