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Death of a doctor and the tragedy of a nation that long lost its soul

Dr Daniel Chacha died at Kenyatta National Hospital where he treated patients for free. [File, Standard]

A medical doctor who was pursuing a post-graduate qualification at the University of Nairobi campus at the Kenyatta National Hospital-where he treated patients for free-has died because he couldn't access treatment.

There is so much elaboration needed, yet there is so little that we know, other than that the two government institutions have bickered about whose role it was to provide medical insurance for Dr Daniel Chacha, 37.

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