Woman Who Was Denied Treatment at KNH for Lack of Sh1,950 Succumbs to Cancer
A Kenyan woman whose video wailing uncontrollably outside Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) went viral on social media in April after she was denied treatment for lack of Sh1,950 has succumbed to cancer.
Esther Wambui, who was battling cervical cancer, relied on her sister Gladys Mwihaki, a mother of three, to pay for her medical bill at KNH but she was incapable since she is a casual laborer who earns a meager income.
Ms. Wambui was finally admitted at KNH two days later after well-wishers, who saw her video, intervened.
The news about her death was announced on Twitter this week by Kenyan investigative journalist John-Allan Namu.
“Esther, the lady standing silently in this video, passed away on the 15th of July this year. Her family has tried their best to raise money to have her body released to them for burial,” Namu tweeted.
The deceased left behind a bill of Sh300,000 and the family is appealing to well-wishers to help them raise the amount so her body can be released for burial from the hospital’s mortuary.
Here is her video; https://twitter.com/i/status/1110970888038551553
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Uhuru and Sonko, please…
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Uhuru and Sonko, please intervene and allow this woman to be interred in peace! She suffered enough!
Where are our leaders? The…
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Where are our leaders? The gatekeepers of our nation. As we go to the grave, they go to the bank.
The lady could not afford Ksh. 1,950 while our M- pigs are seeking more allowances. Corruption is at all times high.
New thinking is needed.
As we stand in Kenya is " survival for the fittest".
The sooner Kenyan's realise this system of acquiring as much as you can disregarding everyone else and showing off is not working the better.
This is a foreign system that has put our people ( the so called black man) both in Africa and in the Diaspora in desperate conditions and positions. Let us pray and hope this old system collapses soon with all its agendas.
New blood and thinking is needed in Kenya and in Africa as a whole!!
If the poor masses could…
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If the poor masses could join hands n shuns tribalism n realize that their leaders always creates divisions for their own selfish ends,Kenya would be better.The fight should be between the marginalized poor masses n elite rich leaders who have impoverished the land due to corruption,nepotism and greed for power.Things will not be easy sooner as this trend will be repeated through n through as long as tribal divisions exists.
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