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Cash-strapped hospitals turn away the poor amid SHA crisis

Rupha chairman Brian Lishenga says hospitals have no choice but to suspend SHA services over unpaid claims. [File, Standard]

Sharon Akinyi is living in fear as her delivery date draws near.

The heavily pregnant woman, who has a high-risk condition, urgently needs medical review to safeguard her life and that of her unborn baby. Yet when she sought help at Juja Modern Hospital in Kiambu County, she was turned away.

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