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Joy as triplets head home after successful surgery

Nairobi Hospital mistresses Benta Omonge (left) and Isabel Ayodi (right) with Vincent Ochieng and his wife Judy after a successful heart surgery on their triplets. The hospital carried out the surgery that would have cost the family Sh2.5 million for free. [PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/standard]

It was a joyful moment for Vincent Ochieng and his wife, Judy after their triplets were discharged following a successful heart surgery.

The triplets, Thelma Robin, Jynen Juliana and Amanda Akula, had  holes in their hearts, a condition that called for an urgent operation that could have cost the family Sh2.5 million.

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