PCEA Kikuyu Mission Hospital in Kiambu is on the spot following claims of a botched surgery that has left the life of an 11-year-old girl in danger.
The mother of the girl, Martha Wanjiku, a casual laborer in Molo, Nakuru County, says the life of her daughter took a sudden turn following an eye surgery done at the hospital on December 22nd, 2018.
The mother of two says her daughter Caren went for the procedure after one of her eyes was accidentally pierced by a panga.
“Caren was with Nyambura cutting grass and a cow began moving towards them. So Caren bent to pick a stick to chase the cow away, in the process of bending the panga they were using hit her on the eye, piercing her,” narrates the mother.
She was taken to the Nakuru Provincial General Hospital for treatment but was referred to the PCEA Kikuyu Mission Hospital due to lack of doctors to conduct the cornea repair surgery.
Caren was wheeled into the Kiambu hospital’s surgery room at about 4:30 pm on December 22nd for the procedure, but what was to be a simple surgery turned out to be the beginning of a nightmare for the family.
Her family became impatient after Caren remained in the theatre for quite a long time, raising fears that something could have gone wrong.
After demanding to see her daughter, Martha was informed that the patient needed to be admitted to the intensive care unit as she had failed to wake up after the operation.
She was referred to another hospital because the facility’s only ICU bed was scheduled to cater for a more complicated case.
Martha says Caren developed breathing complications after the surgery and surprisingly, her teeth were missing.
“My daughter has no teeth; they didn’t tell us why they removed them. Yet she was going into the theater for eye surgery. Now I have a bill of Sh2 million from all these complications,” says Martha.
She is now demanding justice for her daughter against hospital as her firstborn child continues to fight for her life.
Pole sana Dada Wanjiku. …
Pole sana Dada Wanjiku. Pengine maandishi yalikuwa kwenye lugha ya Kichina!
No No Jokes aside..eye…
No No Jokes aside..eye surgery leading to no teeth..I guess we have God sent Legal team Lawyers.to put in place this practitioner..no amount of money will revert back sijuation but..tgey ought learn a lesson not to play with people lives..NKT
Jesu!!, that is all I can…
Jesu!!, that is all I can say.
They owe this mother and…
They owe this mother and child a full account. How can cornea repair result in teeth removal? Something has to be done.
Oh God!!
Oh God!!
This is just outrageous! How…
This is just outrageous! How on earth can teeth be extracted during an eye procedure? Alafu they slap the woman with that kind of bill? Injustice! If I was a lawyer, I would intervene for this family free of charge. Unyama to our people and we continue to be silent! This hospital used to be a good one. My late gran went there to have her cataracts removed back in the day…I say sue the hospital. That child’s life has been ruined when it has barely begun!
Just being curious. Which…
Just being curious. Which tooth did they remove? How can 2 eyes be confused with 32 teeth. Those are very different departments in a hospital.
Lord have mercy!.unefing…
Lord have mercy!.unefing believable
There could be more than…
There could be more than meets the eye here. Until we hear the hospital’s side of the story, let’s not rush to condemn. The article says “her teeth were missing”. All of them? PCEA is still the best eye hospital in the country and l don’t see how they would confuse eyes for teeth. Or were they operating in the dark?
This is so sad , however the…
This is so sad , however the article need to be more specific as to how many teeth are missing. I has seen situations where a patient lose teeth when getting intubated for surgery.
I have never heard such…
I have never heard such incident In Thogoto.Hospital management should cater for further medication.
Did anyone ever verify that…
Did anyone ever verify that those Cubans are actually doctors and not just unemployed Cubans who who needed a job? Cuba has been known to ship it’s undesirables to other countries that open their borders to it’s citizens. When the U.S oppened it’s borders to Cuba, Fidel sent the worst criminals to the U.S.
The surgeon was drunk and…
The surgeon was drunk and the nurses were of no help since they just follow orders. Since when does an optician become a dentist only when they are hallucinating. Cruel and inhuman treatment of another sasa meno na nyinyi mlipeleka wapi?Arrest the surgeon he has to explain what he was on .