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Surviving on one lung, if the remaining one goes, I go — Ndege

The organ collapsed in 2013. Doctors insist on treatment to keep the other one alive, but patient says he cannot afford the cost

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by JOHN MUCHANGI

News07 June 2023 - 09:57
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Samuel Ndege holds an image of his chest x-rays, at Nyamesocho village in Kisii County, on Tuesday June 7, 2023.

On the X-ray image, the diseased lung is a white mass with tiny dark spots, maybe a false ray of hope. It is now 10 years after it collapsed and stopped working.

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