Baby Travis death

2022 - 11 - 1

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Emotional session as Senate begins probe on baby Travis death ... (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)

The Senate Standing Committee on Health Monday launched a probe into the death of a two-year-old boy who had a fork jembe lodged in his head for over 24 ...

“ I went back to the receptionist who insisted I take a photo of the boy and show the medic in room 4. The receptionist sent me to room 4, where I found a rude medic who did not bother to hear me out as I explained the boy’s condition, all he demanded was I deposit Ksh20,500 which we didn’t have” she explained. In between sobs, Lucy revealed that the hospital asked for Ksh 20,500 instead of acting swiftly to save such a young life.

Baby Travis Death Probe: Senators probe death of two year old ... (The Standard)

Travis Maina died at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) on October 11, 2022. The hospital, in a statement, said Maina succumbed to injuries in the theatre ...

Further, Mandago said its findings endeavour to look at policy issues, especially in the health facilities that handled the deceased`s case and establish if there was negligence that led to the passing on of the minor. “The Committee during the meeting resolved to further inquire on the said matter by inviting several witnesses, among them, parents of the deceased, Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital to establish circumstances that might have led to the passing on of the minor,” said the statement. In a Senate committee meeting held on Tuesday, October 25, Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago, who is the committee’s chair, said it had put in place steps that will help establish lapses that might have caused the death of the minor.

Senate summons Kiambu level 5 hospital bosses over baby Travis ... (The Star, Kenya)

The baby died earlier this month after a fork jembe got stuck in his skull.

The baby died earlier this month after a fork jembe got stuck in his skull as he was playing with his siblings in their home in Kiambu. ·The baby died earlier this month after a fork jembe got stuck in his skull as he was playing by his siblings in their home in Kiambu

Baby Travis's Death Probe: Senators Want Thika Level 5 Hospital ... (Tuko.co.ke)

Senate Health committee called for an investigation into Thika Level 5 Hospital's role in the death of Baby Travis, who was involved in a fork jembe ...

[overwhelmed by emotions.](https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/480435-mother-baby-died-knh-fork-jembe-accident-painfully-breaks-senate/) [appear before the Senator Mandago-led committee.](https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/480394-travis-maina-senate-starts-investigations-boy-died-fork-jembe-lodged-head/) [Jackson Mandago](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tag/jackson-mandago-latest-news/) said the committee would seek to establish if the hospital followed the law while referring the toddler to KNH. [Kenyatta National Hospital](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tag/kenyatta-national-hospital/). [Thika](https://www.tuko.co.ke/tag/thika-news/) Level 5 Hospital in the spotlight over the death of Baby Travis, who was involved in a fork jembe accident. [Amos Khaemba](https://www.tuko.co.ke/authors/amos-khaemba/)

Woes for KNH Doctor as Baby Travis Death Probe Intensifies (Kenyans.co.ke)

A collage of the child who sustained a head injury and the Kenyatta National Hospital emergency station. Solomon Kimani.