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Hospital, doctor ordered to pay Sh4.35 million for misdiagnosis of child

By Joackim Bwana | 11h ago

The appellate court in Nairobi has ordered Aga Khan University Hospital and a Neurologist, Dr Donald Oyatsi, to pay Sh4,350,000 million to the parents whose daughter died from meningitis due to misdiagnosis.

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