NO DOCTORS/NURSES IN HOSPITAL DUE TO
STRIKE…
The health of three-and-a-half-year-old child in
Bamburi area, Mombasa County is quickly
deteriorating after swallowing a coin that got
stuck in his throat two weeks ago.
The child can neither eat solid foods nor
excrete.
The child’s parent said the baby swallowed the
coin while playing with his mates in school in
Bamburi on January 18.
Efforts by the parents to seek help from public
hospitals in the county have been futile due to
doctors’ strike.
At Coast Provincial General Hospital, surgery,
maternity and outpatient services have been
paralysed due to the doctors’ strike which
started on December 5, 2016.
“He swallowed the coin on January 18 while
playing with his mates at school.
“The teacher called me and we rushed him to
hospital [and] after the x-ray we confirmed that
he had swallowed the coin. Doctors told me to
give him fruits like bananas,” said the father,
Mwangiri Kaingu Chakwe.
PRIVATE HOSPITALS EXPENSIVE
He said he took his son to two private hospitals
and one asked him to pay Sh80,000 for an
operation while another asked Sh60,000, which
he could not raise.
“We cannot afford that amount. I later went to
Coast Provincial General Hospital but I was told
there are no services due to the doctors’ strike.
"I am now stuck with my baby who can’t eat, he
cries all night,” added the mother, Riziki Tsuma.
“I wash clothes to earn a living [and] my husband
is a boda boda raider. I had taken my child to
school as usual, [then] I was called [and] told he
had swallowed a coin,” she added.
An x-ray photo taken at a private hospital in the
county shows the coin stuck in the child’s throat.
Baby, Samson Kaingu is now taking fluids as he
cannot swallow food due to the stuck coin.
0733218691 is the father’s contact
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rekebisha hiyo…sad indeed…kuna paypill tuchangie?
shiet pretty sad so mtoi anaweza dedi juu ya 80K,…
very sad indeed
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As of now paybill bado, will inform if I get it
kindly do
Saidia tafadhali, me I have offered my prayers hapa kwa Muhindi, Yote ya wezekana…
I feel for the kid, BUT ADULTS SHOULD ONLY SIRE THOSE KIDS THEY CAN BRING UP. Those bills are exaggerated to make people contribute, but a good ENT specialist will remove a coin in the throat for about 5k. A very simple procedure really, unless inflammation and infection has set in.
Huyu jamaa ataua mtoto. achukue loan na boda. Ama si yake jameni.
The SGR specialist crew calm down
Ata mimi nashuku mzee bandia. You should be able to raise 60k yourself or from relatives if you have a family.
yenyewe kama ako n boda boda auze faster ama awekeshe kwa shylock
na hizo boda boda pia hua na chama zao fiti sana which they make daily contributions
Watu wengine wanafaa kuwa castrated. There is no way this guy can get that coin removed?
Boda za msa hawanaga chama
@Luther12 . How would they take such a coin out. I am willing to help.
my friend, our worlds are neva the same. 80k might be pocket change to some bt to others their loved ones would die as they watch coz they can barely afford. sad indeed
pole sana
Please cease and desist from imputing ill motives on me. You don’t know me, so just stop it, sir.
I meant “he should” mzee bandia. acha kucatch.
UPDATE
3 and half year old child who has a coin stuck in
throat about to go in for surgery at the Aga Khan
Hospital Mombasa.
Please note : no politician came forward to help.
It is the good hearted people of mombasa who
circulated the original post and the
administration of Agakhan hospital who came
forward . Also thanks to the wanainchi who are
sending mpesa to the family to help support
them in this time of need.
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