- Victor Ambula and his wife, Zippy, had a beautiful life with their boys, and they were looking forward to having a baby girl
- The hospital Zippy chose came highly recommended by influencers, but sadly, she didn’t know that it was allegedly not good enough in some aspects
- Zippy died in the theatre, and the hospital refused to write a medical report for her until the husband caused a fracas to get the note
Nairobi: Victor Ambula is still grieving the loss of his wife, who passed away tragically in October 2024 due to suspected medical malpractice in a major hospital.
Speaking on Dialogues with Jagero, Ambula expressed his excitement for a lovely life with his wife, who was a childhood friend and his college sweetheart.
She became pregnant and gave birth to Jeremy, who was eleven years old, and Jason, who was eight. After witnessing the difficulties she faced during the delivery process, I was comfortable with the two. She said she wouldn’t mind having a girl now that we have two boys, and she became pregnant,” he added.
“We went through the clinic, checks ups and everything and during the last one were told the baby was wrimgly placed; the pacenta didn’;t develop the way it was suppose to and she was to go for Caesarian.
When the couple arrived in the hospital, they were advised to go for an elective Caesarean procedure, and she chose the best date for her. She was supposed to be admitted on October 22, and go to the theatre the following day.
Ambula left the hospital at 7, and the following morning, he was called to the hospital.
“I asked the nurse I’m here for my wife and she showed me the baby. After one and half hours in theatre I went to check and was told my wife bled so much and they were trying to stabilise her, they asked if they I wanted to see her,” said Ambula.
According to Ambula, his wife was lying there, trying to breathe, and the doctor asked him to give them time. AT around 3 pm, I was at the door of the theatre, and when nurses were passing, their faces changed. They could go and turn to look at him.
“I was informed that your wife didn’t make it , she died at around 2.45. I could say that was the darkest day of my life; looking at the babies she left, our relationship, it wasn’t an easy message to take
Apparently, Zippy got postpartum haemorrhage after giving birth and that is why the organs failed.
“We were given six hours to remove to take body the morgue. I tried to get a letter to the morgue and they denied me so we had had to go to Kitemgella police station,” said Ambula.
According to Machozi ya Misho founder, Lawrence, placenta previa should be handled at a level five or level six probability because the probability of overbleeding or going to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was so high.
“The procedure was not performed by a gynaecologist and by the time he was called, it was too late . She was attended to by the clinic officer and nurses,” said Lawrence.
Some health facilities market their services, and according to Lawrence, the law does not permit such advertisements.
“These ones do and the use influencers. Women believe these people,” he said while pointing out a case where an ifluencers said that the city hospital had qualified doctors to carry out the procedures but it turneded out that they were not spealist.
An organization called Machozi Ya Mwisho works to prevent maternal death and assists in legal proceedings when it occurs due to negligence.
“With a team of lawyers, we are helping Ambula get justice for free,” he said.
Lawrence said that now says they will one day go to court to ask about hospitals marketing their services.
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