Shocking reports have emerged that a man who was pronounced dead by doctors and deposited at a mortuary at Kapkatet Sub-County Referral Hospital in Kenya was later heard screaming for help following the pain he felt as morgue attendants tried to administer preservation drugs into his body.
According to reports from different news outlets, the man is said to have fainted at home and was rushed to the facility for medication, however the doctors pronounced him dead.
The relatives of the person are pointing accusing fingers on the doctors for alleged negligence . They say their relative wasn’t dead .
“Immediately they took him to the mortuary obituary for body preservation and on process of putting preservatives to his body my uncle came into conscious and scream alot after experiencing a pain on his right leg.
“As you all understand when someone dies preservatives is being placed through a section being cut by professionals ,” Dennis who is said to be an uncle to the victim narrated .
The victim is said to be in stable condition nursing the mortuary cuts. The family has since asked the Kericho county health CEC to step in and ensure such news isn’t reported again.
It has not been established if they are planning to proceed with legal action over the matter.
In Kenya, negligence by doctors is said to be rampant as it was also previously reported that a delivering mother had a certain instance passed through some complications after being operated by a drunk doctor at another local hospital in the country.