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Hospital ordered to pay couple Sh7m for holding babies over unpaid bill

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A city hospital will have to pay a couple Sh7 million for detaining its newborn babies at birth over an unpaid bill.

Matters got complicated for Nairobi South Hospital after it failed in its appeal that sought to challenge a decision by the High Court that it pays Charles Kyalo and his wife Virginia Adhiambo for detaining their two babies over the Sh4 million bill.

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