On Monday 7th of December in 2020, Kenyan medic Dr. Stephen Mogusu paid the ultimate price for being among the front-liners who are battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
From being a soldier, Dr.Mogusu became a victim and went on to die, in a situation that government took the biggest blame.
Dr.Mogusu had even earlier spoken to Daily Nation, though on accounts of anonymity, that he had contracted the deadly virus which was catapulted by poor working conditions of the medics.
First, his problems started when he was rushed to Komarock Hospital before being referred to Kenyatta University Hospital. His condition had worsened while at Komarock Hospital’s High Dependency Unit
He was taken for home based care, but things went south again and he was rushed back to Kenyatta University Hospital, where he was put on an injection worth Sh.22,000 for five days.
Even so, this money was contributed to by friends and relatives. His condition continued to go down, and he was added 4 more injections
As fate will have it, COVID-19 did not give the heartfelt Dr. Mogusu time to recover.
He was again taken back to KU Hospital for admission which did not happen because they missed to raise admission fee of Ksh.200,000.
However, he managed to be admitted on intervention of DP. William Ruto
Here are some facts you need to know about the fallen Dr.Mogusu Stephen
- He was attached to a COVID-19 isolation centre at Machakos Level 5 hospital, where he worked to save lives of COVID-19 victims
- He was among the 200 deployed doctors under the Universal Health Care Program, meant to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
- The doctor had lamented that he had worked without salary for several months making him unable to take care of his wife and daughter
- His mother, Agnes Moraa said that Dr.Mogusu suffered Kidney failure while in Standard Two, but managed to beat the condition
- Similarly, he also suffered meningitis but managed to beat it again while in Standard seven
- He started education at Getembe Primary School before moving to Genesis Academy.
- In 2002 he scored 407 marks out of possible 500 in his KCPE exams and joined Lenana High School and scored an A of 84 points
- He later joined University Of Nairobi under the school of Medicine and graduated in 2018, the same year DP William Ruto was awarded with his Doctorate Degree
- Dr. Stephen Mogusu was born 28 years ago in 1992 at Iranda Village, Kitutu Chache South in Kisii County
- Dr. Mogusu had joined the Universal Health Care Program under the Internship level, when the government advertised the jobs in the wake of COVID-19
