The infant who was injured in a gun attack on a Likoni church is recovering from the surgery which was performed Tuesday morning. Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Public Relations Officer Simon Ithae confirmed the good news to The Standard this afternoon. Details on the boy's condition are still scanty. Doctors believe the bullet that was removed from Baby Osinya’s head also killed his mother when she was shot in the attack on Joy Repentance and Holiness Church in Likoni, Mombasa County on Sunday, March 23. After the attack, Baby Osinya was taken to the Coast Provincial General Hospital by his 13-year-old brother Moses Gift. At the hospital, an x-ray showed that the bullet was embedded in the infant’s head. The next evening, Baby Osinya was transferred to Mombasa Hospital as doctors deliberated on the next course of action.
That Tuesday, he was flown to Nairobi for specialist treatment at the KNH, with both the national and Mombasa county governments taking care of costs. He was in the company of his father Benson Osinya.
Meanwhile, following a story by The Standard about the boy’s rescue from the church by his brother, there was an outpouring of sympathy from Kenyans who have been following his progress. News of the infant’s successful surgery first broke on social media on Tuesday and was received with mixed reactions for a few hours as many perceived it to be a sick April Fools’ Day prank. Before the briefing by KNH officials, efforts by the Standard Digital team to confirm the news from the boy’s father were not fruitful as Mr Osinya would only confirm that he was with the boy and that he was well.
by Standard media
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