Could you, as a patient, seek recourse when you feel mishandled or your rights violated by a medical doctor?
For years, reports of patients getting maimed, or even dying in the hands of medics and hospitals under questionable circumstances, have paced news outlets, with incidents being reported as accidents, yet leaving many people's blood running cold.
Whenever such cases emerge, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) promises radical investigations. Yet the trail turns cold as each case is pushed to the darkest part of the nation's collective memory.
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