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Cancer patient stranded in Abu Dhabi to be evacuated

A patient undergoes prostate cancer brachytherapy at the Nairobi Hospital. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A Kenyan woman suffering from Leukemia who has been stranded in Abu Dhabi, United Arabs Emirates (UAE), over lack of travel documents will be evacuated on Tuesday.

Fatuma Kazdungu Thoya who had been working in Abu Dhabi will arrive at Moi International Airport in Mombasa tomorrow after the Diaspora County48 Kenya organised for a funds drive to facilitate her travel back home.

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