Detectives at Kilimani Police Station in Nairobi have launched a probe into the mysterious disappearance of a patient at Mbagathi hospital on September 20, 2021.
Saumu Amina Wanjiku and her husband had visited the hospital for medical attention, but she unfortunately disappeared an hour later.
The family launched a search for her at the facility and neighboring areas but she was nowhere to be seen.
“Ilikuwa saa tisa wakati tuliwachana, nlishinda nkizunguka huko saa kumi na mbili na nusu, nkasema labda alitoka amekuja nyumbani,”Salim Ramadhan, husband to Saumu told Citizen TV.
Unable to find her, the family decided to expand the search and visited morgue and other hospitals in the city but she was still nowhere to be found.
“Tumezunguka mortuaries, city mortuary, tumezunguka Kenyatta kwa maward walituruhusu, tukazungu mortuary ya Kenyatta, tukamalizia mortuary ya Mbagathi, hatujafanikiwa,” Maimuna Kinyanjui, Sister to Saumu divulged.
Missing patient mystery
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 1, 2021
Police probe disappearance of patient at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi
Family says Wanjiku disappeared under mysterious circumstances
Family conned Ksh 12,000 by a man claiming to be a police officer#FridayNight@TrevorOmbija pic.twitter.com/mBWXFEOuhj
Video courtesy of Citizen TV.
A week after her disappearance, the family got a call from strangers; one claiming to be medical officer from Migori Level IV hospital and a police officer from the same county.
The two claimed they had picked Saumu in critical condition and requested for cash from the family. In a single day, the family reportedly sent over 12,000 shillings to the strangers.
It was until the family reported the development to officers at Kenyatta Hospital police post that they were informed that those were fraudsters
Kilimani DCI officers have launched a probe and are tracing leads including tracking cell numbers used by the fraudsters in conning the family.
Meanwhile, the family is optimistic that in the long run, they would be reunited with their missing kin.
