Mathari mental hospital. Photo/the-star.co.ke
Three nurses have been charged with reckless and negligent act causing harm to mentally sick patients.
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, three nurses; Isaac Karanja Maina, Jacqueline Rebeca Aloo and Jacklyne Obonyo facilitated the escape of 18 male mental patients held in the 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.