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Evelyn Odeke's body was detained at a private hospital in Bungoma over a pending bill. She succumbed to Covid-19. [Courtesy]
When his wife died of Covid-19 recently, Patrick Wanga from Nderema village, Busia County, was slapped with a medical bill of Sh2.3 million. The father of three could not raise the money from his meagre earnings as an artisan in Eldoret town.
Though his wife, Evelyn Odeke, was buried last weekend, her body had been detained at a private hospital in Bungoma over the pending bill. The body was only released after the family surrendered two title deeds for land valued at Sh1.7 million, the only property Wanga owns and which he now fears might be auctioned.
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