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I nearly died after a blood transfusion gone wrong

Esther Kinuthia (above) a victim of medical negligence she was suffering from Sinusitis and enlarged tarbinets (Photo: Jenipher Wachie/Standard)

On October 15, last year, Esther Kinuthia received a blood transfusion of nearly two pints at a hospital in Kerugoya, Kirinyaga County. What happened next changed her life...

She had gone to the facility ahead of a surgery called turbinoplasty: an operation to reduce the size of swellings (turbinates) on the side wall of the nasal airways.

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