Sadly, despite efforts to get hin to hospital James Angore, 64, died at around 8 pm on Thursday after collapsing inside a toilet in his office.
Until his death, Angore was the county director for Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE).
Kilifi county executive committee member Gabriel Katana said Angore had reported for duty in good health.
“He spent the whole day in his office till around 7.45 pm. I was also in my office finishing up some work. While I was walking out of my office I saw a staff who called for help to get the director out of the toilet. We helped him out and took him to the elevator so that we could rush him to hospital,” Katana said.
Angore who had difficulty inbreathing at the time, succumbed on a arrival to a close medical facilty after the first stop at agha khan proved unfruitful since the hospital doesn’t operate at night.
Katana, who was close to the director, also mentioned that he had initially (a week before) complained of pain in his legs which made him seek medical attention.
He added, “He went to see a doctor a week ago and the prescription he was given made him develop breathing problems. He went to the doctor again and was given a different prescription. He had never revealed to me if he had any other problem.”
A younger brother of the director, Peter Angore, informed that the deceased had no history of diabetes or high blood pressure. He maintained that his brother only developed the complications after taking the medicine.
The body was taken to Kilifi County hospital but was then moved to the Star Hospital mortuary in Malindi awaiting postmortem.