KENYAN NEGLECTED IN UGANDA

A Kenyan student has died out of negligence from a Ugandan Hospital
after being admitted for less than one week .

Rose Chepkemoi,27,  died at a private hospital in Western Uganda after
the wrong blood capillaries were injected because of an an Asthma
attack.

The fourth year student was rushed by her Kenyan class mates to the
three different hospitals before she passed away last Thursday at
Msambya Hospital.

The Law student was admitted three days after one of the three
hospitals denied her medical attention due to medical cover.

Its alleged that the first private hospital she was rushed to known as
Sarame Medical ,based in Forte Portal inserted a drip into the wrong
blood capillary.

However, medical reports indicate she was further granted wrong
medications by the said hospital in Western Uganda after she was later
transfered to Virika Hospital in Wetern Uganda.

But the last hospital,Msambaya hospital denied her medical attention
due to payment for the first three days .It is after she languished in
pain along the hospital corridors ,they admitted her. The hospital
began its treatment but she passed away four days later.

Students from Uganda Pentecostal University have arrived in Nairobi
all the way for burial arrangements. They intend to lodge complaints
with their associations on behalf of the deceased family members .

Speaking to the press, Liz Karanja said  " She was in soo much pain as
we tried to get her to hospital. We realised the competence  of the
medical practitioners was wanting but it was an emergency and we had
no time."

Body of the deceased arrived over the weekened .She will be buried
this Saturday.