According a CNN news item, the governor of Nairobi has ordered that an investigation be made. This is after he made a surprise visit to a hospital in the Kenyan capital and found 12 dead babies stuffed in boxes and plastic bags.
Gov. Mike Sonko said he went to the Pumwani Maternity Hospital on Monday after he received reports of negligence and of employees carrying bodies from hospital rooms.
“During the impromptu visit, I uncovered 12 bodies of infants who died at the hospital mysteriously and their bodies hidden in boxes and paper bags inside a room,” Sonko said in a statement.
Footage of his visit to the hospital was recorded. In the footage, the governor was seen storming into the hospital and demanding to know how many children died that day. A hospital employee told him only one has died since Friday, but the governor said he’s been told the number is higher.
“Don’t play with me, I have information on six bodies,” Sonko said in Swahili. “You told me there’s only one, how many dead babies are there?”
Sonko then ordered an employee to open several boxes and plastic bags that were sitting in a room, these were found to contain 12 dead babies.
“This is a police case. You cannot lose 12 babies in a day. … You’re hiding bodies in plastic bags. … these are human beings,” Sonko said.
No confirmations have been made yet as to what may have killed the babies or what happened to their mothers. Several hospital officials have been fired due to this incident.
