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Bad roads to Meru hospitals add to patients' suffering

A vehicle stuck in the mud at Thimangiri, Meru County. Residents of the area are finding it hard to access their business after the heavy downpour. [File, Standard]

Two hospitals in North Imenti cannot evacuate critically ill or injured patients due to poor roads.

Residents of Gitoro, Kambakia and Makutano township have complained that lack of good roads in the area, which is less than 10 kilometres from Meru town, is putting patients’ lives at risk.

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