Boniface Mwangi reveals his wife's accident details

01 September 2022

• Mwangi ended up raising his voice, breaking some things, and causing a scene after the hospital refused to treat his wife without a deposit.

• Boniface Mwangi's wife Njeri was slipping in and out of consciousness after being involved in an accident.

Activist Boniface Mwangi has addressed drama at a city hospital after a video of his went viral.

According to Mwangi, on August 21, he and his wife Njeri were involved in a car accident along Langata Road in Nairobi.

The accident was caused by another speeding car.

"We were passengers in a friend’s car when another motorist veered into our lane while speeding and hit our car, which flipped," Mwangi said

We landed up side down and the first people on the scene robbed us of our personal effects. Luckily, a good Samaritan couple, Eddu Rono and his wife, Koskey Yuniscah, came to our rescue and took us to a hospital,"

By the time they got to the hospital Mwangi's wife was slipping in and out of consciousness.

The hospital however demanded payment first before they start treatment.

"I had neither the money, nor my wallet. Emergency health care is a right in the Constitution (Article 43(2)) and in my desperation to get the hospital management to attend to my wife beyond taking her vitals and giving her painkillers, I ended up raising my voice, breaking some things, and causing a scene," Mwangi added.

According to the activist, his wife only received medical attention after a friend came to the hospital and paid.

"My wife only got the medical attention she needed when my friend came to the hospital and paid the bill. My family and I are grateful that my wife did not suffer serious injuries. The hospital management called the police who arrested me," Mwangi said.

Mwangi claims he was arrested and detained at the Akila police station shortly after the incident, which included a scuffle with an armed police officer.

Though he did not specify what charges he was facing, Mwangi claims he was released after posting bail.

He also claims to have sought restitution for the drama and damages, including settling for Ksh.106,000 in damages and apologizing to hospital management.

"The actions that I took to get my wife medical attention were wrong and I apologized. I paid for all the damages that I had caused. The hospital costed the damaged items at KES 106,000.00, which l paid," he continued.

Adding;

"I reached out to the people who were working at the reception at the time of the incident and apologized to them. Having fully recovered, my wife is back to work,"

Why do people rob accident victims? Mwangi posed

"My concerns are; why do most Kenyans who end up being first on the scene of an accident rob instead of help? "

The activist says it is not fair for a hospital to demand for treatment in order to treat an accident victim.

"Why do hospitals require a deposit to administer emergency treatment? Does profit trump life? So many people have died and continue to die in hospital corridors because doctors will not touch them without a deposit. Do we value profit more than human life? He posed.

Have you ever been denied treatment because you did not have cash?