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How Hussein died while begging his insurance to pay up for treatment

The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)  Building ,Nairobi . February 8th,2024.[FILE/Standard]

On Monday, The Standard highlighted the emotional story of Abdulahi, not his real name, struggling in hospital with breathing complications as his family ran from hospital to hospital in a bid to save his life.

His private insurance and Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) cards had been rejected by hospitals as not working despite being active. That desperate man in our story was 52-year-old Hussein Jilo Haro. He is dead.

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