AIC Kijabe Hospital sued after premature baby is left blind

By  Simon Ciuri

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

• Father sued the hospital alleging that doctors failed to conduct mandatory screenings that would have saved the baby’s eyesight.
• The infant weighed 970 grams and remained a high-risk infant requiring specialised neonatal monitoring and management.
• The baby fell within the category of infants requiring mandatory ROP screening pursuant to the Ministry of Health guidelines.

Three years ago, Mary Waringa gave birth to twins, each weighing about 970 grams. The twins were delivered at AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kiambu County, at 27 weeks.

Shortly after delivery, one of the babies died.

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