Nurses charged for releasing mentally ill patients

Nurses charged for releasing mentally ill patients

Three nurses have been arraigned in court and charged with reckless and negligent act causing harm.

According to the charge sheet, the prosecution alleges that on June 16 at Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Nairobi County, ward eight and nine, the three nurses; Isaac Karanja Maina, Jacqueline Rebeca Aloo and Jacklyne Obonyo facilitated the escape of 18 male mental patients held in the said wards by unlocking the padlock of the entrance gates in a manner so rash to endanger 81 male mental patients lives.

The three accused persons denied the charge before Magistrate Martha Mutuku and were each released on a bond of 500,000 shillings each with one surety of a similar amount or a cash bail of Ksh 200,000.

The matter will be heard on September 7, 2017.

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