Written By Vanessa Kariuki ||
Mike Sonko, a former governor of Nairobi, has made a special effort to explore for alternatives for the care of infant Sugoi.
He announced on Twitter that he had located Chinese experts who are ready to take on the case once they receive two recommendations from Kenyan hospitals.
“I’ve this afternoon conducted a thorough research on which is the best hospital that can at least attend to Baby Sagini’s emergency case and found there’s a hospital in Shenzen South China called Dennis Lam Eye Hospital which does eye implants,” said Sonko.
He added, “However after contacting the hospital we were advised Baby Sagini must have a referral from at least 2 Kenyan hospitals.”
Sonko then went out of his way to schedule a review appointment for him with Doctor Kishor at the Westlands Laser Eye Hospital for Wednesday.
The former governor also made contact with the County Government of Kisii and the local MP, Hon. Japheth Nyakundi, to arrange for the transfer of baby Sagini to the Westlands Laser Eye Hospital in Nairobi for evaluation and advice from ophthalmologists and eye specialists.
“I also intend to engage the Nairobi County Government to recommend eye specialists from Mbagathi Hospital to also do a separate review of baby Sagini and thereafter forward the two reports to China after which we shall team up and coordinate with leaders from Kisii and fly him to C-MER (Shenzhen) Dennis Lam Eye Hospital in South China to for implants that according to the Chinese Doctors would intriguingly help the boy with navigation sensors to allow him get around on his own in familiar places,” said the former Governor.
Sonko concluded by explaining how the eye implants would function. The physicians would fit the youngster with artificial eyes that would more closely resemble natural eyes in appearance and movement, but they would not be able to restore his vision.
