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No Kenyan should die outside a hospital gate

 

In Kenya, if you are poor and arrive at a hospital bleeding, you may be turned away. If you die, your body could be detained until your family pays the bill. This cruel reality was made clear with the death of gospel artist Betty Bayo.

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