New details have emerged about the condition of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during his final moments in India.
A CCTV footage seen by Uzalendo News has revealed the moment former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was rushed to an Indian hospital in an ambulance after collapsing.
The footage, dated October 15, shows medical staff urgently carrying Odinga on a stretcher and hurrying him into the Devamatha Hospital in Central Kerala.
Paramedics and other staff quickly gathered around the ambulance, ready to admit Raila to the hospital’s care unit. At the moment, one of the aides accompanying the former Prime Minister was seen attempting Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) as the other staff pulled the stretcher inside the hospital.
The video captured the tense moments as hospital staff wheeled the 80-year-old leader into the emergency section, showing the gravity of his medical situation.
Reports indicate that Raila had been walking near an Ayurvedic health facility when he collapsed in the company of his personal doctor and security aides.
Emergency responders administered CPR on-site before transferring him approximately 50 kilometres to Devamatha Hospital.
Medical sources at the facility confirmed that Odinga was unresponsive on arrival.
Hospital staff immediately initiated advanced resuscitation procedures, including CPR, defibrillation, and emergency medication.
Despite their efforts, doctors pronounced him dead at 9:52 a.m. local time (4:22 a.m. GMT) due to cardiac arrest.
Raila Odinga had travelled to India around early October for what his family described as routine medical check-ups and recuperation.
At the time, his condition was downplayed by close relatives, who said he was in good health and responding well to treatment.
His elder brother, Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga, assured the public that the ODM leader was “doing fine” and would soon return home.
“I want to take this opportunity to clarify this. There have been a lot of rumours about our party leader, Raila Odinga, that he is very sick, that he is almost dying, and that he is completely out,” Oburu stated.
“But I want to tell you that he is out and about, and he is just like any other human being who was indisposed a little. He is now recuperating and resting, but he was not in those conditions alleged,” he added.
These statements were widely circulated in local and international media, reassuring Kenyans that the former Prime Minister’s health was stable.
Speaking to the media outside the hospital on Wednesday, Dr. Alphons SABS revealed that the medical team used every possible life-saving intervention to try and save Raila Odinga.
According to the cardiologist, their efforts included Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) protocols and continuous Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in a final attempt to revive the ODM leader.
Dr. Alphons revealed that Raila Odinga was brought to the hospital’s emergency department with CPR already initiated by his attending doctor and security personnel.
The medical team continued resuscitation while performing emergency intubation, placing a tube in his trachea, along with other life-saving interventions.
Initially, there was no pulse or recordable blood pressure, even upon palpation. After intubation and continued CPR, the doctors shifted the patient to their ICU with all staff and facilities.
In the ICU, after some time, a heart rhythm appeared on the monitor, showing ST elevation in the anterior electrocardiogram leads, along with regional wall motion abnormalities, indicating reduced movement (hypokinesia) in the left anterior descending artery territory.
