Kenyans Online React As Dj Evolve’s Hospital Bill Hits Sh7 Million
Felix Orinda Odhiambo alias Dj Evolve was allegedly shot in the neck by Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili aka Babu Owino back in January.
The legislator rushed the diskjockey to Nairobi Hospital where he deposited Sh600,000.
Babu was shortly after arrested and charged with attempted murder.
On January 27, he was released on a Sh10 million bail that was supposed to be paid in four equal instalments of Sh2.5 million.
Chief magistrate Francis Andayi ordered that the money goes towards Evolve’s hospital bill.
Andayi has since recused himself from the case after DPP Noordin Haji questioned the bail terms.
Babu then filed a petition seeking to have the bail terms reviewed and the Sh10 million bail slashed.
Now, Dj Evolve’s hospital bill stands at Sh7.4 million with no payments being made.
According to K24 Digital, the bill stood at Ksh6.9 million as at 2.21pm, Wednesday. It increased by Sh600,000 by Thursday.
The expenses included Sh1.66M in doctors fees, Sh.1.3M in pharmacy charges, Sh.913, 683 in nursing charges and Sh.990,000 in room rent.
Also on the list of charges is a Sh494,100 bill for physiotherapy.
The victim’s father told the publication that they can not raise the funds.
“We have been receiving calls from the hospital asking us to settle the medical bill. We can’t raise the needed Ksh7.5 million even if we were to sell a majority of our property,” he is quoted.
A copy of the bill that has since been circulating online has elicited mixed reactions.
Some have castigated Nairobi Hospital for apparently taking advantage of the situation and overcharging Babu.
Others feel the bill is reflects the care being given to the victim who is allegedly being fed with tubes and is paralysed from the neck down.
Here are their thoughts:
#BabuOwino bail terms should be cancelled, by publicly publishing a bill from Nairobi Hospital, he is indirectly interfering with the ongoing case against him. He should not seek sympathy from Kenyans by blackmailing Nairobi Hospital billing system. pic.twitter.com/ljI1J6Mfk6
— Carrington Mwendwa (@OleCarrington) February 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/StevoTinez/status/1231054519338967040
https://twitter.com/omondii_/status/1231061733437050882
https://twitter.com/PM_Kiilu/status/1231066576889270272
All these peeps ranting about Nairobi Hospital are just ignorant of what Dj Evolve's condition is, physiotherapy prevents an immobile person from getting bedsores, & private rooms in hospitals ICU aren't cheap either. The young man is paralyzed from neck down which means that he
— Petrovich Kirundi,THE SEEKER (@kirundiray) February 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/BelAkinyii/status/1231088641268568064
This bill is unacceptable. It is extortion. Kwani madawa yenye DJ amekula ni pharmacy nzima? That amount is outrageous. Nothing can justify this and Nairobi Hospital, a known racket of extortion from patients needs to explain. pic.twitter.com/TefWw1jKt3
— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) February 22, 2020
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