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Revealed: Shock of detained bodies and patients over unpaid billions

A section of Kenyatta National Hospital. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

A government investigation of 12 top hospitals has exposed the agony that patients and families unable to pay medical bills go through to secure freedom after discharge.

A report of a special team set up by the Health Ministry shows that some hospital mortuaries are stretched, a situation worsened by abandoned bodies and those whose families cannot pay up for their release.

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