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City hospital to pay woman Sh1m for gauze left in body during surgery

Kenyatta National Hospital. [File, Standard]

Kenyatta National Hospital will pay a woman more than Sh1 million in compensation after medics left a cotton gauze inside her stomach during an operation.

The High Court ordered the hospital to also pay for the cost of the case.

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