PRESS RELEASE

ATTENTION: ALL NEWS EDITORS.
Nairobi., 31st^th July 2012. The Nairobi Women’s Hospital, in all its stature and confines, belies an issue that to the general public might be simply too painful to acknowledge.

Within is a rot that involves persistent negligence, mistreatment, pain, scarring and death. Contained are actual people crying and suffering, something which the hospital CEO Sam Nthenya responded to in arrogance, calling it ‘payukaring’ and equating it ‘mob justice’.

To the many who are now listening at those speaking up, the sense that we have been betrayed by the Nairobi Women’s Hospital is at times just overwhelming.

Why have we been betrayed by the Nairobi Women’s Hospital?

Here are SOME of the ‘mob justice ’ ‘payukaring’ comments the CEO listened to:

"...her theatre story was horror, her anaesthesia didn’t quite work and imagine she told me that she could feel as they operated but couldn’t do much...."

" They broke my daughters hand during delivery and no one mentioned it to me."

"I met one who was in civilian clothes...with no badge to identify himself....he just came in to my bed when I had contractions....rudely told me that he wanted to check if I have dilated....to date, I honestly do not know if he was really a doctor or someone out to have fun with pregnant women"

“I was admitted the previous night and prepared for the early morning operation. That’s the last thing I remember. Next time I opened my eyes it was three weeks later.”

(The above and more to be found in the blog http://suztoure.blogspot.fr/are real accounts from the victims themselves)
What is our fight with Nairobi Women’s Hospital?

WE WANT REFORM.

This is not something that should be happening in Kenya and in 2012. We want the public, the press, the donors, the stakeholders to join us in our fight. We will not leave this hospital to serve pain, death and suffering where we were to go to get bundles of beauty, life and joy.

We want to give the victims from Nairobi Women’s Hospital and their families a voice so that tomorrow there will be NO VICTIMS AND NO MORE WOUNDED FAMILIES.

For this reason, we have together with the victims organized a demonstration for Saturday, 4th August 2012 from 9.00am, the meeting point being the Total Petrol Station in Hurlingham (Route No. 46), we walk up towards NWH Hurlingham branch, Argwings Kodhek Road, then walk past Yaya Center, turn at Kirichwa Road to get to NWH Adams branch

We invite you to be part of this event and witness a show down portraying what Nairobi Women’s Hospital is not.

Attached, find the necessary links that shall give you an idea of the origin of all this.
http://suztoure.blogspot.fr/

For details on the demonstration to be held on Saturday, 4th August 2012;https://www.facebook.com/events/260733317374171/

If you want to tell your story;https://www.facebook.com/groups/426119994092761/

To sign a petition;http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/nairobiwomenshospital/sign.html

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions; sadhi80@gmail.com  women4kenya@gmail.com