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My four years in KNH and why I can’t leave just yet

Monica Kerubo at Kenyatta National Hospital. Her lungs have failed. [Nasibo Kabale]

For the last four years, Monica Kerubo has been at Kenyatta National Hospital, where she is admitted with a lung condition.

Ms Kerubo has accumulated a bill of Sh5 million, and even if the hospital were to discharge her, the 42-year-old mother of one would need about Sh70,000 each month to stay alive - her lungs are no longer functional and she relies on oxygen cylinders.

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