Video of Kenyan Woman Giving Birth at Hospital’s Reception Area as Nurses Enjoy Tea Emerges Online

Video of Kenyan Woman Giving Birth at Hospital’s Reception Area as Nurses Enjoy Tea Emerges Online

Shalom Hospital in Athi River is on the spot after a video of a Kenyan woman delivering at the facility's reception area as unbothered nurses enjoy tea emerged online. 

The man who recorded the incident says the three nurses on duty refused to attend to the expectant woman despite being informed that her case was an emergency. 

“So as I was seated waiting for my wife to be attended to, an older woman is rushed in on a wheelchair, there are three nurses on the table taking tea, they seem not to bothered about the woman despite being notified it’s an emergency case, so the woman pleads with one of them ‘haki nisaidie’ one of the nurses told her to get up and walk,” the man told Nairobi News.

He adds that he was forced to help the woman walk as she was visibly in pain and could not move.

“I helped her up with no aid from a nurse, we made about three or four steps mama akashout mtoto anaanguka then boom! Mtoto akaanguka kwa floor!” he explains.

The man says the nurses continued taking their tea but one male health officer rushed to pick the baby from the floor.

In the recording, the staffer is heard shouting at the nurses asking them why they failed to attend to the lady.

When asked what her name is, one of the nurses identifies herself as Edna but refuses to name her colleagues.

The facility's administrator, who claims he was away on Easter when the incident happened, says the woman and her baby are fine.

“I contacted the hospital in the morning and they told me that the patient was safe. Once I resume I will listen to both sides of the story and speak to the person who filmed the video so as to get to the bottom of the matter,” he says.

Comments

Ken motley (not verified)     Sat, 04/20/2019 @ 07:09pm

Wow, as much as this video pisses me off, I commend the lady who stepped up and said something! Kenyans will watch as someone gets robbed or beat up by people! I love this lady, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING! I hope the poor lady is OK and the baby too, as for the nurses, remember why you became nurses in the first place, NO EMPATHY AT ALL!

Njeri (not verified)     Sat, 04/20/2019 @ 08:54pm

In reply to by Ken motley (not verified)

I really appreciate whoever took the video
Those nurses are no different from other government offices so this is time for people who thinks they can hang ip their coats and get paid is no more media is tapping every one

Imara Daima (not verified)     Sat, 04/20/2019 @ 09:02pm

Ingekuwa bora kama wauguzi (nurses) hawa wangefukuzwa kazi mara moja na vyeti (certificates) vyao vya uuguzi vichanwe ili wawe fundisho kubwa sana kwa wafanyi kazi ambao huleta uzembe (negligence) wao kazini.

Ningependa kuona askari polisi wengi wakifukuzwa kazini hasa wale ambao wanajiongeza mishahara yao kila siku kutokana na jasho la mwananchi barabarani na pia mitaani.

kenyans haki (not verified)     Sat, 04/20/2019 @ 10:47pm

Kenyans are becoming so evil nowadays!! thos f'ckin nurses should loose their licenseand charged with that's negligence. How can we ever trust their asses to take care of anyone? they are animals. Shame on that facility's administrator his lazy ass is out on easther when his employees are torturing our mothers...haki kenya is fck'd up yo

MLACHAKE (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 12:03am

Ukatili huu, nkt! These nurses are animals and they shouldn't be anywhere near the nursing profession! Nursing is a calling, not exactly a job. It's clearly not for everybody but these idiots here never got the memo.

But, is it me only, or has anyone ever noticed that men are likely to help a woman in distress more than her fellow women? I have made this observation time and again. And it has absolutely nothing to do with opposite sex attraction dynamics. Some women are extremely helpful but men beat them overall

Wakili (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 02:24am

Very digusting shameful inhumane sadistic animalistic sorry even animals are better. We just buried my niece a week ago luckily her baby survived but she died because of this same attitudes.
Health care system in Kenya is really pathetic. May they suffer the same fate.. Always remember" Kuzaliwa ni bahati lakini kifo ni lazima! You don't get to choose how you die...only how you live!

JustMe (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 03:49am

In reply to by Wakili (not verified)

Now that you mention it @Wakili.....news of death as mothers give birth in Kenya has become the order of the day. I cannot count how many young women I've heard lost their lives (....and usually both mother and child) in the last 2 years.
Something is very wrong.... negligence or fake paper doctors..... I don't know what.

Zawadi (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 02:40am

Pure disregard for human life and no fear of God. Why did the nurses ignore them I wonder?? The hospital should get sued or better still shut down!

JustMe (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 03:30am

...nurses or animals? Fire them without benefits...gross misconduct... and cancel their licences. What is wrong with these young employees of today?

MjuAji (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 12:31pm

Ni huzuni ambayo hunikera kuona kwamba, miaka 50 tangu tuupate Uhuru, kasumba ya wauguzi, madaktari, wafanyao katika vyumba vya kuhifadhi maiti na watumishi wengine katika hospitali za umma, hawajabadilika. Sifahamu kana kwamba ni kulazimishwa walilazimishwa kusomea taaluma hio, au ni lingine walikosa la kusomea. Ukweli ni kwamba, fikra na kujitolea katika kazi hii imeendelea kudorora kila kukicha. Wauguzi wa Kenya ni mashetani ambao hutumwa kuwaangamiza haswa maskini, ambao ndoo hutafuta huduma kutoka kwa hospitali za serikali. Nakumbuka kisa kimoja ambapo jamaa ya mgonjwa aliyekuwa akingojea matibabu foleni, walijaribu kumuomba muuguzi aliyekuwepo, anaongea kwa simu, kumshughulikia kwa dharura mgonjwa wao aliyekuwa mahututi, huku akisisitisa waache kumsumbua. Mgonjwa mwenyewe alifariki baadaye machoni mwa muuguzi huyu na kusikitisha ni kwamba, hakung'atuka wala kustuka hata. Uhusiano kati ya wauguzi na wagonjwa nchini si mwema, huku mama wajawazito wakipendelea kuzalishwa na wanaume badala ya wanawake. Matusi na lawama wanazozipokea kutoka kwa wale wanaowategea si ya kuogofya. Kisa hiki kinaonyesha vile Wakenya walivyo na wanavyowadharao wenzao.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 02:50pm

Asante sana @Ndugu MjuaJi kwa kutuangazia vile taasisi nyingi Kenya zimezorota hali ya kuwa kabla ya kwenda hospitalini ukiwa mgonjwa, yakubidi uwaage rafiki zako, familia yako kwa sababu huenda wasikuone tena ukiwa hai!

Hali hii inaendelea kuharibika katika nchi nzima na tapeli mmoja amepotelea makanisani akiwahonga mafisi matapeli wenzake ili wafuasi kondoo wamchague kuwa rais 2022.

Chriz (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 06:37pm

You are all complaining without putting into consideration what nurses may possibly go through during the shift. You don't know what they have gone through during the shift before they sat down to take their breakfast. African hospitals prefer to have 2 to 3 nurses taking care of more than 50 out patients or 2 nurses to 40 or more patients in the ward.

Nurses have blood flowing in their body systems just like every other individuals. They need to nourish themselves so as to be healthy to take care of patients.

What if the nurse collapse during the course of duty and die and what will you do? Sympathize right? Sympathize my foot 😠.

JustMe (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 03:42am

In reply to by Chriz (not verified)

What are you trying to say @Chriz? If they are over-worked they should raise it with management NOT PATIENTS, period! Have you heard of RESIGNATION? You resign if you find out you cannot handle the work you are assigned.
Ati 'sympathize'........yes, you said it yourself...........sympathy my foot!

Kenya (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 10:28am

In reply to by Chriz (not verified)

@Chriz, you comment makes no sense. Three nurses do not take lunch break at the same time and leave no one with the patients. That is not allowed. When one of them take the lunch break the other two should be with the patients.

Teshome Bieu (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 09:24pm

Those nurses license should be confiscate they should be prosecute in the court and jailed because the mother and the baby life was at risk because of their negligence.

Alice (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 09:31pm

I am a Nurse too from Another African country, I do not understand your language but just the tone of her voice tells me she is being rude to the patient. Most of us have lost the essence of Nursing, such a noble and beautiful profession.

kenyans haki (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 09:46pm

@chriz you are no different from those mathafk'n nurses! like someone mentioned nursing is more of a calling than a job/salary. how hungry were they to ignore someone yelling the baby is falling? do they do 48hrs shifts in Kenyan or what? how hungry or tired can a human being possibly be to let a new born fall on the floor? what a way to welcome that innocent kid to this evil,crazy and corrupt world? shame on u @chriz if they cant handle the pressure that comes with being a nurse why the fck are they in medical field? they should be maybe chefs or waitress so they can spend most of their fk'n time eating.... kudos to the woman who spoke up and I hope Kenyans can continue recording and speaking up when they see shyt like this go on! fck the facility administrator on easther holiday....those animals/nurses represent him/her. that shyt hole hospital should be shut down. can someone get me the phone no of that mother? that child deserve a gift from California yo

Alice (not verified)     Sun, 04/21/2019 @ 09:59pm

Chris I am sorry to say that it doesn't matter how hectic our shifts are there is no justification for sitting and having tea while a patient is actively in labour. A true nurse will forget her fatigue and the tea she is drinking immediately an emergency case walks in. Yes we have blood running in our veins but our ability to be selfless is what distinguishes us from people who are not Nurses. Besides,they were three on shift so one person could receive the patient while the other two drank their tea. The ratio of Nurse to patients is unrealistic, we have 1:18 or 1:20 depending upon where you work it could be less, but you knew that and you accepted the job, you shouldn't accept to work if you know you can not function well under stress.

Kenneth Musana Isiko (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 06:44am

Hi ugonjwa wa ma nurse kuto jali is a serious problem hapa Uganda pia. They are worse than wild animals! Just what kind of heart is that? A stone heart? No heart at all?

Mungu saidia (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 08:07am

Alafu tell them to strike they will be the first, shame on the nurses, Kenyan nurses are all pathetic....nkt!!!

Wamuricho Wachira (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 09:13am

The the three Nurses should be Sacked with immediate effect, it’s in human and unethical. The administrator should teach them a lesson and the ministry of health too....

JustMe (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 10:17am

In reply to by Wamuricho Wachira (not verified)

..kwanza that administrator should face the axe...... he/she has the balls to tell us that mother and child are ok......not even remorseful....I can bet my last coin...those nurses are a reflection of the damn ADMINISTRATOR who cannot even care to choose his words after such...smh!

Anita (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 11:23am

I wish this Dem nurses their are in USA their license could be revoked and and spend their life in jail.but you are in corrupt country you gonna still have your pay cheque.
Ashindwe.

Nas (not verified)     Mon, 04/22/2019 @ 12:11pm

...and here I am, very pregnant.....!!.
May thunder strike them and the likes, before my due date!!.

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