40 Patients Escape Psychiatric Hospital In Kenya

Kenya police are now on the search as 40 patients escaped from the country’s only psychiatric hospital in Nairobi. The incident occurred on Sunday as 75 mental patients overtook the guards at Mathari Mental Hospital and 40 of them escaped, according to Samuel Anampiu, the local police chief in charge.

All escapees were male patients, and Anampiu said Monday that they had been complaining about their medications being ineffective. Nine of the 40 patients have since been brought back to the hospital by parents and guardians, according to hospital’s medical superintendent, Dr. Kisivuli Azenga.

A manhunt has since been launched to find the remaining patients who are still on the loose. Azenga assured everyone Monday that they are not a “danger to society,” though it’s important to get them back to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

Azenga added that the incident was influenced by one of the patients who incited the others after the attendants delayed giving the rest of them their medicine. They eventually took control, and 40 patients escaped in the process.

Source: The Inquisitr