She said they confronted the hospital administation that admitted their mistake but refused to take care of the cost of burial preparations.
Wrong family
“Why we are still stranded here is due to the fact that we had hired a hearse and vehicles for the event, but when we demanded compensation this hospital has refused to compensate us, so we decided to stay put,” said Muhita.
The family wondered how their kin’s body was collected by a wrong family yet proper labelling had been done after she died while undergoing treatment at the facility for more than a month. “We believe this is negligence due to the fact that we had visited this morgue on Friday and cleared all our bills ,furthermore the label on this foreign body has a different name and features, so no confusion should have occurred,” said Muhita.
She accused the hospital administation of trying to confuse them in effort to downplay the issue, which she said they will pursue to the bitter end. At the deceased homestead a few kilometres away, more confusion prevailed after word went around that the burial will not take place.
Women, who had prepared food, could be seen talking in low tones wondering who will take meals after burial cancellation.
Fresh grave
A freshly dug grave in the compound was the only indication of the event with the family indicating they will cover it again in line with the Kikuyu customs, since no one knows when the burial will take place due to exhumation protocols that might take long.
The Hospital Administrator Kinyua Mukindia admitted to the mishap saying the mortician mistakenly mixed up the bodies.
The administrator however asked the family to remain calm as the hospital administration works to fix the anomaly.
By Pd.co.ke
