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Outrage as woman dies while giving birth in Voi hospital

Moi County Referral Hospital Voi, Taita Taveta County. PHOTO | LUCY MKANYIKA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The theatre and the CT scan centre are among the crucial departments that were hit by the power crisis that has made the hospital to refer patients to neighbouring sub county hospitals.
  • Sauti ya Wanawake leaders in the area condemned the incident saying the management should be held accountable for Ms Mugambi’s death. 
  • Taita Taveta Woman Representative Lydia Haika condemned the incident terming it as an act of negligence.

The death of a woman while giving birth at Taita Taveta’s Moi County Referral Hospital in Voi, has sparked outrage among residents and a section of women leaders.

Ms Fatuma Mugambi is alleged to have died on Monday due to lack of electricity at the hospital’s theatre.