Fresh details emerge after patient was mysteriously killed at KNH
Fresh details have emerged after a patient was mysteriously found dead at the Kenyatta National Hospital on February 7, 2025, on his bed.
Gilbert Kinyua had been hospitalized at the facility since December 11, 2024, at the time when nurses at the hospital discovered his lifeless body covered in a blood-stained bedsheet at around 6:00 am during their routine checks.
The Parliamentary Departmental Committee on Health chairman Robert Pukose on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, revealed the findings of the committee concerning the death which lifted the lid on potential security lapses at the hospital which hosts at least 1,800 patients and 30,000 daily visitors.
“At approximately 6:00 am, the late Gilbert Kinyua was found with his face covered by a blood-stained sheet. Upon uncovering him, the nurses discovered that he was motionless with a cut wound on his neck,” Pukose said.
“Within 30 minutes, the DCI was notified and arrived at the scene; family members including the deceased’s brother and wife arrived within an hour.”
Inside job
The development comes after KNH Acting CEO William Sigilai ruled out the possibility of an outsider being involved in the death of Kinyua, even as the focus shifted to his wardmate who had been at the facility despite having been officially discharged.
“The bedmate of the late Gilbert Kinyua had been officially discharged by the hospital. However, he remained within the hospital since he was homeless. The said patient was being treated and had been diagnosed with diabetes and convulsions, and was later taken to a shelter through the hospital’s intervention. The shelter had, however, refused to keep the patient owing to his disruptive behaviour,” Pukose revealed.
“The patient has been experiencing convulsions which has medically been proven that some convulsions may sometimes manifest as compulsive behaviour where a person acts without later recalling their actions.”
Patient detained
The health committee reports that the patient has been detained by the hospital after DCI took his fingerprints together with a murder weapon found within the hospital’s precincts.
Pukose equally disclosed that a postmortem analysis of the deceased was conducted in the presence of his family members and that the results of the findings had been handed over to the DCI for action.
At the time of his death, Kinyua had been diagnosed with Guillain Barre syndrome- a rare neurological disorder that causes muscle weakness or paralysis. He had developed pressure sores which are wounds within the pressure wounds, as a result of prolonged immobility.
The hospital maintains no outsider was involved in the gruesome murder of the patient, noting that the facility is under 24-hour surveillance from 331 CCTV cameras mounted in various common areas within the facility.
The hospital equally notes that three teams including 119 KNH staff members and 261 outsourced security services including police officers and NSIS officials patrol the facility on a regular basis.
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