A woman who sued Mater Hospital for negligence after suffering uterus perforation has been awarded Sh2.4 million as compensation.
In her ruling, senior resident magistrate P Muholi said the injuries suffered by Betty Wakio were not beyond control of Mater Hospital.Muholi said she is not convinced by the explanation that the woman had had an incomplete abortion before visiting the hospital.
The magistrate said prior to the hospital visit, the woman did not have a perforated uterus and ileum.According to court papers Wakio on September 13, 2013, visited KNH to see a gynaecologist but was referred to Mater Hospital.It emerged that she had suffered miscarriage which led to evacuation, she said.
After the evacuation was done she felt severe pain which she said forced her to go back to the hospital five days later.A CT scan was done which showed that she had a perforated uterus.But the hospital said the woman had lost many pregnancies and had to undergo evacuation at different hospitals at least twice.
It also said the medical attention the woman was given was the right one.