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    "content": "who were delivered by Jacinta Wanjiku at Pumwani Maternity Hospital on 6th January, 2015. Sen. Mugo specifically sought to know:- 1. The circumstances surrounding the hospital’s allegations that the babies were still born upon delivery when the mother had normal delivery and heard her children crying. 2. Why the hospital gave the wrong information that the babies were born dead while the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) results have since established that the alleged dead babies are not a match to the parents; Mr. Dedan Kimathi and Mrs. Jacinta Wanjiku, or to each other. They are of different parents. 3. If it is an isolated incident or such incidences are prevalent in Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the Members of the Standing Committee on Health embarked on this inquiry, we were motivated by our collective knowledge of the challenges faced by the expectant mothers with little or no recourse to access private hospitals. The inquest into the death of the twins pointed to the inadequacies in the internal reporting, handover and filing system at Pumwani Maternity Hospital that were noted by the Committee. The Committee recognizes the complexities of this subject and acknowledges the need for a long term approach in ensuring that this situation does not occur again. This Report presents our observations and views on some of the issues raised by all the concerned parties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on 2nd March, 2015, the Committee visited Pumwani Maternity Hospital and upon meeting with the management and staff, the following issues of concern surrounding the circumstances of the birth of the twins emerged:- 1. Cesarean section was not prescribed until after the examination of the following morning. Student nurse delivered the first baby when the mother had a previous scar. Stated hospital policy and handling a previous scar was not followed and medical procedures require that a doctor or a midwife must perform delivery. 2. There were no handovers. No evidence in the file from the night shift doctor of the day she delivered. 3. The notes that existed in the patient’s file were not in the list comprehensive. But pogrom was not performed until up to 10 hours after the mother was admitted. 4. There was no evidence of the death certificate in the patient’s file by the doctor. The midwife has no authority to certify death. This was exasperated. The Committee was informed that the hospital does not certify death when it is a case of a stillbirth. Spalding sign was not indicated in the file. Spalding sign, meconium, masqueraded feotus and odor are four signs of foetal death yet none of these were recorded in the file. 5. The use of Kangaroo bonding for babies who were deceased. The midwife and the doctor who delivered the babies were not the ones who went to the City Mortuary for the postmortem and Dr. Anyisi who had officially requested the Government Chemist to perform the DNA test had not received the released report. Doctor Anyisi tabled copies of the letters of---"
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