Kenyans Angrily Demand Immediate Release Of Baby Detained In A Nakuru Hospital
A Nakuru hospital is facing the wrath of angry Kenyans after it refused to release a baby it has continuously held because his mother failed to clear hospital bills.
Baby Jeremy, who is not sick, has been detained by the Nakuru War Memorial Hospital after his parents failed to clear a medical bill which is well over Kshs.500,000.
The detention of the baby has attracted the wrath of Kenyans who have put the hospital on notice and demanded that the child be released with an immediate effect.
Ms Olivia Osidiana with her child at the hospital where he has been detained
Babe Jeremy was admitted at the hospital after he developed breathing difficulties upon his birth but was treated and recovered well. However, his mother whose monthly salary is Kshs.10,000 was told to clear all the bills before allowed to walk home with her son.
When she failed, her son was detained and since then she has been forced to walk to the hospital every morning to be with her child.
Baby Jeremy smiling amid difficulties
The dejected mother told Nation that her friend gave her a title deed to get Baby Jeremy out of the hospital but the management rejected it and said it has many title deeds.
After the story was highlighted, Kenyans took to the social media to demand the immediate release of the child and made the topic trending on twitter.
This is how some Kenyans reacted on Twitter:
