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Bungoma male security guard helps woman give birth as health practitioners boycott work

Benson Wanyonyi, a guard who helped a woman deliver at Bungoma County Referral Hospital yesterday. [PHOTO: TITUS OTEBA/STANDARD]

A male watchman at the Bungoma County Referral Hospital helped a woman deliver a baby boy as health workers began their strike yesterday.

Benson Wanyonyi was manning the main gate when the expectant woman arrived, and was experiencing labour pains. Her cry for help caught Wanyonyi’s attention.

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