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"content": "That, at the MTRH she was taken to theatre where they did a bronchoscopy, which showed that there was no evidence of a foreign body in her airway according to the report by Dr. Oloo. That, on 10th January, 2021, Annita was discharged from the hospital, but even before she was cleared, she developed a respiratory distress necessitating her to be re- admitted. That, on 13th January, 2021, the Hospital performed a gastrografin test to see if something was stuck in her oesophagus, but no abnormalities were found. On 19th January, 2021, Annita underwent a CT chest bronchorrhea and the report indicated that there was a ring, like a foreign body in the right bronchi. The parent showed the medical team who were handling the case a sample of the seed which she had choked on so that they could be aware on what to look out for. On 22nd January, 2021, Annita was taken to theatre of which the parent consented to, for a bronchoscopy procedure to remove the foreign body from her right bronchi. The bronchoscopy procedure was not successful, and the medical team proceeded to perform a thoracotomy procedure, which the parents had not consented to. That, after receiving Annita at the theatre recovery room, Dr. Ernest Nshom explained to us that it was not a seed that was stuck in her airway, but it was actually a tooth. That, the parents realized that Annita had lost two of her upper incisors teeth while in theatre and upon further questioning, Dr. Nishom confided to us that he removed the two teeth as they were wobbly during the bronchoscopy procedure and so in total, they had managed to remove three teeth, including the one from the lung. That, the parents could only find two teeth and upon inquiring on the third tooth, which was supposedly taken from the lung, Dr. Alfred Wanyonyi told them to stop asking questions and instead be grateful that their daughter was still alive. That, if they kept asking for foreign bodies that were removed then the nurses might hear them, and they could do something bad to their child. The doctor kept threatening them further until they resigned from asking questions. On 28th Jan, 2021, Annita was discharged from hospital and the parents kept going back for checkups on her condition as her condition did not improve that much as she kept having bouts of fever and chest congestion. Between February and April, there were numerous hospital visits including one admission. That, no follow-up CT scan was done to show whether the procedures done were successful in removing the foreign object from the patient despite being readmitted to the hospital with the same symptoms of respiratory distress. That, on 10th May,2021, while playing outside, Annita had a long coughing episode which she fainted and was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. That, the parents were made to wait with the body of the deceased for over 12 hours which was very traumatizing, before she was finally moved to the Moi Teaching and Referral Mortuary. That, on 13th May, 2021, an autopsy of Annita was done by Dr. David Chumba. He found a seed in the right bronchi of the deceased as it was shown in the first CT chest The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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