The death toll from an unknown sickness at Mukumu Girls High School in the county of Kakameg has grown to four following the death of a teacher who also served as the boarding mistress in the ICU in Eldoret.
Julian Mujema, 44, died of multiple organ failure, according to doctors at LifeCare Speciality Hospital.
Mujema was hospitalized at LifeCare Speciality Hospital's Intensive Care Unit in Eldoret on Wednesday night with acute kidney and liver failure.
"The main complaint was unstable vital signs, multi-organ failure, and vaginal bleeding." She was critical when she arrived. "She was losing a lot of blood and her blood pressure was very low," said Dr Rahul
Koshek, who oversees the ICU Department at the hospital.
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It comes after reports that a Form 4 student died this week while undergoing medical treatment on Tuesday at the Kakamega County Referral Hospital. She was the third pupil to pass away.
The student died of multi-organ failure, according to an autopsy report.
The incident began late last month at the school and progressed from suspected food poisoning to tainted water to intestinal flu.
Doctors are baffled by the newer symptoms, which range from diarrhoea and vomiting to fluctuating temperature and haemorrhaging.
While criticizing the Ministry of Education and the Teachers Service Commission, Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale cautioned parents to return their daughters to school when unresolved issues were resolved.
He charged the Ministry of Health and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) of incompetence and failure to act in a statement.
Last Monday, the school was closed until further notice after 500 other students were claimed to be ill.
In late March, 72 kids from a Kakamega County school were taken to the Kakamega County General Hospital, with health officials suspecting a Cholera outbreak.
Five others are still being treated at Kakamega County Referral Hospital but are improving in the isolation ward.
The Ministry of Health has yet to reveal the results of the school samples.
In the meantime, Tharaka Nithi's Mukuuni Boys High School students were evacuated to the hospital owing to cholera fears.
"40 students were affected, with three admitted to Chuka Referral Hospital." "So far, one has been discharged," said Bridget Wambua, Tharaka Nithi County Director of Education.
The school has 900 children and has been closed indefinitely as public health officials investigate probable water poisoning.
