Kibra MP aspirant
Rosemary Odinga has been flown to South Africa for further treatment after being in hospital for eight days.
Rosemary,
Cord leader Raila Odinga's second born,
has a meningioma -
a brain tumor that it
non-cancerous.
The politician was flown out at about 11am
on Tuesday
accompanied by neurosurgeon Oluoch Olunya and
Amref flying doctors.
A source revealed this to the Star on Tuesday but could not confirm the hospital to which she was taken. The source said she had been flown to South Africa
for rehabilitation.
Rosemary was admitted to Nairobi Hospital before being taken to the Aga Khan, where doctors were to remove the
meningioma.
But the source said the tumor had caused her to
bleed internally.
The source said doctors at the Aga Khan were only able to stop the bleeding and did not perform the operation.
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A
meningioma
can cause blindness, problems with movement and multiple other complications as it grows and presses into the brain
It is not immediately life-threatening but remains a serious threat to Rosemary's health, as it in the meninges - the lining between the brain and the skull.
Rosemary, 39, is functionally the first born following the
on January 4, 2015.
She is followed by Raila Odinga Jnr and Winnie Odinga who is the last born.
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