Kenyatta National Hospital on the Spot after Death of 11 Infants

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is on the spot following the alleged death of 11 newborn babies at the facility.

The infants allegedly passed away last week from what is suspected to be a bacterium infection known as Klebsiella, Daily Nation reported.

The publication said the situation was blamed on lack of basic necessities in the country's largest medical facility for taking care of babies.

Sources from the hospital who spoke to Daily Nation divulged that the infants succumbed to Klebsiella and other factors such as poor state of wards in the newborn unit.

Nurses at KNH said they have been forced to improvise feeding tubes and syringes, which cause bruises and bleeding in the babies’ noses and mouths. 

Nasogastric tubes, which are used to feed babies through the nose or mouth are out of stock, staffs said.

The infants are further forced to share cots, putting them at risk of infecting each other with bugs like Klebsiella.