{"id":233114,"date":"2020-10-18T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T23:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=233114"},"modified":"2020-10-18T19:25:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T00:25:49","slug":"illegal-abortions-fake-doctors-kenya-marie-stopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/illegal-abortions-fake-doctors-kenya-marie-stopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities arrest ‘fake’ doctors in Kenya for illegal abortions at franchise run by Marie Stopes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to reports from local news stations, including Citizen TV<\/a>, at least five suspects were arrested Thursday at Prestige Health Point Medical Centre \u2014\u00a0an Amua clinic<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0after police were tipped off to the possible illegal abortions taking place there. When police entered the building, they recovered medical equipment and drugs they believe were used to commit abortions, as well as a bin that held the bodies of 10 aborted babies, which were taken to the city mortuary.<\/p>\n

As reported by\u00a0The Star<\/a>, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council ordered the closure of the facility and suspended its registration certificate and operating license. The council’s CEO Daniel Yumbya said in a statement that the two doctors arrested \u2014 Drs. Mwaura Karumbi and John Marore \u2014 are not duly registered medical practitioners.\u00a0“The men had not produced any documents to prove that they were doctors,” said Deputy William Sirego. “They have no registration numbers.”<\/p>\n

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2 'fake' doctors arrested for allegedly operating illegal abortion clinic. Detectives raided Prestige Health Point Medical Center in Ngara<\/p>\n

DCI Kinoti said the detectives recovered 10 decomposing foetuses
KMPDC has ordered the closure of the Medical Centre #FridayNight<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0HWkVSkLo8<\/a><\/p>\n

— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n