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Portable scan saving lives of mothers, babies

Susan Boke, 20, lies on an examination bed as Jackson Nyanamba conducts an ultrasound scan. [Gardy Chacha, Standard]

As 20-year-old Susan Boke lies nervously on an examination bed, Jackson Nyanamba, a midwife at Ntimaru Sub-County Hospital, Ntimaru West, Kuria East, Migori County conducts an ultrasound scan of her pregnant belly.

With a tablet in his left hand and a probe in his right, he moves it skilfully, applying just enough pressure upon the enlarged abdomen.

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