Kenyan Women Detained In Hospitals

Aug 23, 2009 Infrastructure, Kenya Health, Patriotism, Social Issues, The Economic

Kenyan Women, whose only offense is guilty of being too poor to afford the fees charged for delivering children are still being unlawfully detained indefinitely at Kenya hospitals.
One of the Kenya’s largest referral maternity hospital Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi, is notorious for detaining women and keeping them in inhuman conditions. They suffer psychological torture as the hospital is not sensitive to the mothers who are grieving for losing a child and also the diet they are subjected to isn’t healthy for the lactating mothers.
In a recent visit members of the Kenya Network of Grassroots Organization found over 20 women illegally detained for lack of money – some had been there since June 2009.

1. What can we do to stop this repetitive torture to new mothers whose problem is being too poor to afford the maternity charges?
2. What can the Ministry of Health do to stop this torturous system of detaining poor Kenyans indefinitely in hospital for non-payment of exorbitant health care bills?
3. Is it not a high time that we started a health care in Kenya especially for the poor people in the community?

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