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Help at last for Busia children battling paralysis

One of the children admitted to Nairobi Hospital Friday after an injection at a dispensary in Busia County. Some 28 children got the injection and have now been partially paralysed. The injection was meant to treat malaria. [PHOTO:EDWARD KIPLIMO/STANDARD]

Twenty eight children from Busia County with partial paralysis will be treated at no cost at Nairobi Hospital in an ongoing investigation of medical negligence.

In a meeting held Friday at the hospital where the children and their parents were admitted, Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia assured them that they would get appropriate treatment to ensure they are whole again.

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