The Nairobi Women’s Hospital. PHOTO | FILEThe Nairobi Women’s Hospital is holding the body of a teenager, seven months after her death, due to pending bills, another case of perceived hospital cruelty versus an impoverished population that views healthcare as a right rather than a service to be paid for. Beretta Reri, who was an orphan, will not be laid to rest unless her family pays Sh2.6 million to the hospital. Beretta died in February 2016 and her family has not been able to bury her due to their inability to raise the hospital bill. Johnson Mwithi, Nairobi Women’s Hospital’s Chief Officer of Business Development said the hospital reviews each of their debtors on their own merit.

Source: Daily Nation September 20, 2016 03:45 UTC