Nyakundi Report has highlighted the case of a family in Kimilili, Bungoma County, seeking help after their infant was reportedly left with a broken cannula tip lodged inside the child’s neck following treatment at Kory Family Hospital.
According to the complaint by the child’s parent, the infant was admitted to Kory Family Hospital in Kimilili Sub-County when part of a cannula reportedly broke off and remained inside the child’s neck.
The family says complications later developed, raising concerns about what had happened and prompting the hospital’s medical team to carry out diagnostic examinations.
The parent claims the hospital used its available diagnostic equipment but did not detect the foreign object. As a result, the family says the broken cannula tip remained inside the child while they continued dealing with the complications.
The situation reportedly changed after the child was referred to Shoe for Africa Children’s Hospital. According to the family, doctors at the referral facility conducted an ultrasound examination that located the cannula tip deep inside the muscles of the infant’s neck.
The discovery left the family seeking answers over why the object was not detected during the earlier examinations at Kory Family Hospital.
In the complaint, the parent accused the hospital, owned by Dr. Susan Murumba, of failing to provide the level of medical support expected during the child’s treatment and subsequent referral. The parent said the hospital should have taken further steps after complications developed instead of referring the child without first establishing the cause of the problem.
The family also raised concerns about the circumstances surrounding the referral. According to the complaint, Kory Family Hospital did not provide logistical assistance or support to help the family transfer the child to the referral facility. The parent said the family was left to arrange the transfer on its own while the infant was in a serious condition.
The parent described the experience as a major failure in patient care and called for the matter to be addressed. The family wants to understand how a piece of the cannula ended up inside the child’s neck, why it was not identified during the initial investigations and what measures were taken after the complications became apparent.
The case has also raised concerns within the family about the need for proper monitoring when medical equipment breaks or complications arise during treatment. The parent says the discovery at the referral hospital showed that the foreign object had remained embedded deep within the muscles of the child’s neck.
The family is now appealing for assistance as they seek the medical intervention required for the infant and answers regarding the treatment received at Kory Family Hospital.
The complaint has placed attention on the circumstances surrounding the child’s treatment, the diagnostic examinations carried out at the first hospital and the subsequent referral. The family maintains that the broken cannula tip should have been identified earlier and that more support should have been provided during the transfer.
For the family, the immediate priority remains ensuring that the child receives the necessary medical care. At the same time, they are seeking an explanation over how the cannula tip remained inside the infant’s neck and why it was only identified after an ultrasound examination at the referral hospital.
The circumstances described by the parent have left the family demanding answers from Kory Family Hospital and seeking help to have the matter addressed.
