KNH turns away girl with burns for lack of bed

Yussuf Adan, father to Haretha Yussuf, the 16-year-old girl who was turned away at KNH despite having suffered 50 per cent burn. KNH claims it did not have free beds in the burns unit and that the referring hospital did not follow right procedure. [David Njaaga, Standard]

A 16-year-old girl who travelled for 14 hours from Wajir to seek treatment for serious burns was turned away at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

Haretha Yusuf’s relatives were told she could not be admitted because the Wajir Referral Hospital did not follow procedure.