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After 40 years, Bondeni finally reaches milestone surgery

Expectant women being admitted at the Bondeni maternity ward in Bondeni Nakuru county on 9th March 2017. [File, Standard]

Bondeni Level Four Hospital has marked a historical turn after successfully conducting its first-ever Caesarean Section (CS) surgery, a service that had remained elusive since the hospital’s establishment more than five decades ago.

For a theatre built in 1985 but left idle due to a web of technical and institutional bottlenecks, this moment represents not just a medical breakthrough but a reclamation of history.

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