Those medics at Getrudes should be jailed for life. This is carelessness on their side. Why are they being paid if they can't investigate patients' conditions. Where were those doctors trained?
Our system is so relaxed to an extent that we loose lives coz of laziness. Pilots, drivers, building contractors are killing people daily after careless work.
Mkenya.
--- On Thu, 7/22/10, Alex Tallam <alextallam@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Alex Tallam <alextallam@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: YOUNG MOTHERS - PLEASE READ
> To: mlalahoi@googlegroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 11:30 AM
> Pole sana Akinyi for the
> loss of your son, it is realy painful to loose a loved one
> the way it has happened to you and your husband, but take
> heart, God is with you and he will bless you with even more
> sons and daughters. So take heart and be strong and surely
> you will overcome the turbulence you are going through at
> this moment in time.
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>
> From: JAMES
> MAKHULO <maknab@hotmail.com>
> To:
> mlalahoi@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thu,
> July 22, 2010 12:27:46 PM
> Subject: RE:
> YOUNG MOTHERS - PLEASE READ
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> My heart felt condolescence... the doctors we have in kenya
> ... just even as an adult we need to be very careful always
> seek second opinion .. its too sad my dear. Thanks for the
> advice to all and may Almighty God give u peace.
> the way
>
>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:36 -0700
> From: terrywyne@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: FW: YOUNG MOTHERS - PLEASE READ
> To: mlalahoi@googlegroups.com
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> Sad indeed!and may God rest the little angel in peace.
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> --- On Thu, 7/22/10, Robert Alai
> <alai.robert@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Robert Alai <alai.robert@gmail.com>
> Subject: FW: YOUNG MOTHERS - PLEASE READ
> To: ">" <mlalahoi@googlegroups.com>,
> "bidiiafricaint"
> <bidiiafricaINT@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 12:18 AM
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> Forwarded message ----------
> From: Akinyi
> Date: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:15 AM
> Subject: FW: YOUNG MOTHERS - PLEASE READ
> To: Robert Alai <alai.robert@gmail.com>
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> Pls fwd to Walaloi
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> Walaloi,
>
> I have
> chosen to share this experience because it may save some of
> us from the pain I am going through.
>
> Two and a
> half weeks ago (1/7/10) my six month old son had a fever and
> I took him to Getrudes hospital. The Doctor that saw him
> told me he had a mild throat infection so he prescribed
> Amoxyl and Cetamol syrup. We got the drugs and left fo Home
> and began administering the drugs as told.
>
> The next
> day the fever was on and off and on Saturday (03/07/10)
> morning we decided to take him for review as the fever was
> kept on coming and his soft spot was swollen, we took him to
> mater and carried along the drugs we had been giving him
> (Amoxil + cetamol). The doctor at Mater examined him and
> sent us to lab for some tests and also administered some
> drug for the fever. The test as we were told was to rule out
> malaria and yes he did not have malaria. We were again told
> that it's the throat that is Inflamed. We were given
> Bustan, Rinnat and Piriton and told to discontinue the
> drugs we had been given at Getrudes. We went back home and
> administered the drugs as advised this was around 9.00am.
> All this time my son was looking just fine on the face.
>
> My son fell
> asleep shortly after and we left him with the hsehelp to go
> to the shop. We were gone for less than 30 minutes.
>
> When we
> came back we found our Son dead. She told us that my
> son just gasped for like 3 times after he had woken up and
> passed out just like that. He was still warm and looked n
> like he was asleep when we arrived.
>
> Heartbroken
> we took the body to Chiromo and a friend advised that we do
> an Autopsy to know exactly what might have killed him. We
> did this the next day (Sunday 04/07/10) and what the
> pathologist told us was shocking. That our son had Pneumonia
> and Meningitis and that is what killed him (the two as we
> were made to understand is caused by a bacterial strain that
> if it affects the lower respiratory organs it caused
> pneumonia but if not treated and gets to the brain at causes
> Meningitis). He said that his lungs were hard (instead of
> being soft and spongy) which he said was a sign of pneumonia
> and that there was pus in his brain – sign of meningitis.
>
>
> We were
> even told that Amoxyl is no longer used to treat infants
> (not sure whether this is true or not – u see u get to be
> told so many things but this one came from a doctor friend),
> makes me wonder why it was administered at Getrudes.
>
> We still
> wonder how the two medics in the two leading hospitals (one
> being the only Pediatric hospital in this country) failed to
> diagnose any of the two ailments.
>
> Anyway to
> you young mothers reading this email just note.
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