"Nairobi Women’s Hospital to pay patient Sh1m in records row"

The High Court has ordered the Nairobi Women’s Hospital to offer a Sh1 million compensation to a former patient who was denied her medical records in the lady’s hospitalisation and the death of her newborn...Justice Hedwig Ong’undi said the hospital failed to obey the law in denying the woman full access to her medical records following a stay at the facility during her pregnancy...

Justice Ong’undi hinged her ruling on the hospital’s explanation that it could not trace the records sought by the patient. “The respondents (hospital and its CEO) have since February 2019 made it clear that the records are lost/missing, granting leave for enforcement of the CAJ’s decision will not make things any better. The respondents will be brought back here for non-compliance. The court does not issue orders in vain,” said the judge.