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Mandibular tumour is treatable

Mrs Charity Kawee who is a survivor of Mandibular tumor during an interview at her home in Mukonde Village, Mbooni Sub County Makueni County. PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

When in 2011 Charity Kawee Muli noticed a small swelling under the gum on her lower jaw, she was not worried. Because the swelling was painless, she hoped everything would soon be well.

However, Muli, a resident of Mukonde Village, Mbooni Sub-County, in Makueni County, and the deputy headteacher at Kyangoma Primary School, decided to visit a nearby health facility for check-up. Since nurses were on strike, she didn’t get help. After moving from one one hospital to another, her nurse-sister advised her to visit Kijabe Hospital. She didn’t go immediately.

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