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Agony of officer stuck in Indian hospital with sick children

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Monica Chepngetich with her 11-year-old son Bruce Barasa at a hospital in India. Barasa is battling sickle cell anaemia. [Courtesy]

A police officer based in Sotik, Bomet County, is now stuck in India where she had taken her two children for treatment after they were diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia.

Monica Chepng'etich, a mother of three, has found herself stranded in a foreign country longer than she expected, with the recent change in hospital insurer for the police worsening her situation.

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