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Tale of 14-year-old Kenyan boy stuck in Indian hospital clinging to hope

When The Standard team visited him at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in November 2014, Joshua Chirchir, 14, was ready for his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination despite having been hospitalised for seven months.

Chirchir was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in May, 2014, and booked for dialysis at the hospital as he awaited a kidney transplant in India.

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