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Family in dilemma over Sh1million needed for child's surgery

Winnie Matoke holds her baby Laura Bonita at the Kisii Standard Group Office. Bonita needs over Sh1 million to be operated on her heart and also for repair of her cleft pallet. [Sammy Omingo/Standard]

A one-year-old child from Nyamira County may not be able to undergo an urgent open-heart surgery scheduled for tomorrow due to lack of Sh1 million needed for the procedure.

Laura Bonita is scheduled for the operation at the MP-Shah Hospital, Nairobi, but her parents are staring at uncertainty after failing to raise even a quarter of the required amount. 

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