The price of compassion: Pauline Kawira turns painful nursing ordeal into a book

Facing hospital management over an allegation of theft was embarrassing. Her attempts to explain herself were unsuccessful, and the nurse was suspended for two weeks. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

Pauline Kawira had been in the hospital for 15 hours, attending to sick babies. She was exhausted.

When she finally stepped out of the ward to head home, still wearing her nursing apron, all she wanted was to rest.