Woman blames hospital for the death of her 2 year-old boy before operation.
The main entrance to Kisumu County Hospital-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo
By Dickson Odhiambo
July 24, 2018.
Woman blames hospital
for the death of her 2 year-old boy before operation.
A FAMILY of a middle-aged woman is in a state of mourning
after they say that a health facility is to blame for the cause of death of their
two-year old son.
The woman identified as Dolphin Awuor from Nyalenda estate
says that she went Kisumu County Hospital last week where she was seeking
treatment of her son who was sick and was to be operated.
Speaking to journalist after the incident, Awuor said medical
personnel handling her son injected him last Friday with excess anesthesia
before operation and this might have led to his death before undergoing
operation.
Awuor said there were some delays on Friday in the morning
and the baby was not taken to theatre room as scheduled and was taken to
theatre room by 3:00 pm on the same day.
According to Awuor, before her baby being taken to the
theatre, an anesthetist came with two syringes full of anesthesia and injected
him.
“They came and dressed my baby in readiness for operation by
3:00 pm and injected him with anesthesia which to me as a medic was in excess,”
she said.
She claims her baby only took
five seconds after being injected with anesthesia before becoming unconscious
and died, adding that the drug should take quite long before one become
unconscious so as to undergo operation in the theatre room.
She claims that she asked the
doctors who were to operate her but they said they could not reverse the
process back, adding that this was an indication that the baby was injected
with excess anesthesia.
She says what she wants is
justice over what she has termed as negligence.
Chief Officer for Health Dr.
Dickens Onyango while speaking on phone to a journalist confirmed that he has
heard such an incident and they are investigating the matter.
The incident occurs only a few
weeks before the county government of Kisumu launches the Universal Health Care
system.
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