Nairobi, Oct. 25 -- The High Court has ordered a hospital to pay former IEBC Commissioner Thomas Letangule about Sh2.7million in damages for the death of his wife, occasioned by medics' negligence.
In a ruling last week, Justice Lucy Njuguna found that Family Care Medical Centre and Maternity did not offer Esther Kagwiria Letangule the care she required.
Justice Njuguna ordered the medical facility and a Dr Eric Sagwa, who was to attend to Ms Letangule, to jointly make the payments.
She awarded Sh100,000 in general damages for general damages for pain and suffering, Sh2 million for lost years/loss of dependency, Sh120,000 for loss of expectation and Sh476,292 in special damages.
This award of Sh2,696,292 will be paid by the hospital and...