- Eric Omondi expressed frustration over a broken health system in Kenya after participating
- The Kikuyu -speaking father complained to hospital staff while holding his dead son, accusing them of failing to take timely action to save the child’s life
- He was seen crying bitterly and firing, with earlier reports showing that doctors might have been on strike at the time
A comedian who turned into a human rights advocate, Eric OmondiEmergency Father, whose son is reportedly dying after health care workers at Igegania Level 4 hospital, Gatundu, failing to care for him on time.
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Eric Omondi posted a sad video on social networks on Tuesday, May 28, showing the father in a state of sadness, carrying the body of his newborn child.
The fog region shows the father is fighting angrily with a man believed to be the hospital’s bodyguard, blaming him and the hospital for the fraud.
In the video, the mourning father is seen screaming speaking in a Kikuyu language:
“Baby is dead. Since the morning you have been here. He died here. Leave me, because he died here!”
When he cried bitterly and hit his fist in the air, the people nearby tried to carry him and calm him down.
Despite the violence, the man did not let his son’s body, which touched Eric and many Kenyans who watched the video online.
Preliminary reports claim that the child may have died from medical delays, as doctors at the hospital are alleged to have been on strike.
Eric, sad and surprised after seeing the video, asked Kenyans to help him find the father so he could help him.
“This is the sad and heartbreaking picture … the father is carrying his child’s body because of the systems that failed to work,” He wrote.
“I am looking for him in an emergency. If you know him, send me his inbox number. We try to relieve him of the pain.
Here are some people’s comments online:
Gathi_254:
“Providing 21 million to churches and giving them fifty thousand artists while hospitals don’t have services people die … we need these 2027 videos in the morning before voting.”
Adkariuki:
“I support him Grandpa Owinowe need better health care first before projects like housing. Wantam. “
CATE.MWAKE.94214:
“I’m hurting her.”
Nalekatwycliffe:
“It hurts the heart.”
Msaniirickyboy:
“I remembered my twin last year.”
Racy_Morian:
“We will reduce this bitterness 😢. “
Kamanu M’tuwari:
“I’m very disappointed with our system. There are no words to comfort this relative.”
Tonny Tosh:
“This has hurt me. Pain in this father’s face expresses all – sadness, despair, and unheard of crying and in power.
TUKO.co.ke also reported how Eric was able to collect KSh 450,000 to support Susan Waimu, a woman with problems from Nyandarua County who was struggling to bury her parents because of the lack of land.
He posted an exciting video in the Engineer’s Mochari, where the Treasurer looked very sad.
The compassionate comedian comforted him during that difficult period and announced that the goal of the campaign was to collect KSh 1 million.
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