A new born baby disappeared at Machakos level 5 hospital forcing relatives of the mother to cause alarm after they couldn’t be shown the corpse following being informed that the baby died at birth.
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has however requested all those commenting of reporting on the issue to bear in mind these clarified and verifiable facts
A pregnant 17-year-old Form 3 student (name withheld because she is a minor) went to Machakos level 5 hospital in labor on 24/04/2019 at 46 weeks gestation by dates.
She was scheduled for emergency cesarean section due to poor progress and meconium staining grade 3. C/S was done under spinal anesthesia (mother awake). Life male infant was extracted with a birth weight of 3.4 kg with severe birth asphyxia.
Resuscitation commenced immediately. Mother was explained to that the condition of the baby was not good. The mother was also shown the baby before taking him to the Newborn unit for specialized management and incubation. Unfortunately, the baby succumbed while undergoing management.
The mother of the minor (patient) together with other relatives arrived and were shown the deceased Baby.
Some of the relatives, all male, arrived but on being told that the Baby has passed away, insisted on seeing the medical file and were told that due to medical confidentiality and ethics, only the patient or her next of kin (her parents) could be allowed to access the files.
The family later met with the management and were explained what had occurred and their family Spokesperson, Mr. Johnson Ndiso, confirmed that the family was satisfied with the way the hospital handled the matter
Does Alfred Mutua’s story add up or you still read mischief in it?