Stealing from the sick: Why hospitals are easy targets for thieves

You could be recovering from assorted illnesses in a hospital, only to return from taking a lick and find your Smartphone, laptop, tablet, watch or wallet missing. Thieves in Kenya stop at nothing. And the sick and convalescing are easy prey especially in public facilities. 

That majority of hospitals hardly have any clear guidelines on safety of patient’s personal belongings are some of the security lapses thieves exploit in what is virgin territory for callous and rogue care givers, visitors and crooks.