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Families mourn newborn losses as healthcare crisis cripples Kiambu services

Thika Level Five Hospital, Kiambu County. [File, Standard]

More than a month after leaving Thika Level V Hospital, Hellen Wanja is still in disbelief as she struggle to come to terms with the loss of her new born baby at the facility, which she attributed the doctors' strike in Kiambu County. 

Words heavy and her voice trembling, Wanja desperately narrates how she lost her third born in a place she had hoped would help rescue her child's life. 

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