A form four candidate with lung complications was handed relief after Marsabit county first lady Alamitu Guyo Jattani and well-wishers donated an oxygen concentrator machine.
The candidate, from Hulahula in the Saku constituency, had been battling for his life at Marsabit Referral hospital because of breathing difficulty.
He developed lung complications from tuberculosis and later suffered lung fibrosis.
He has been depending on oxygen therapy for survival.
This forced him to stay at Marsabit Referral hospital for easy access to an oxygen concentrator machine.
His condition worsened five months ago when his lungs collapsed, forcing him to depend on oxygen therapy to survive.
Marsabit Referral hospital CEO Liban Wako offered him help free of charge owing to his family background.
His teacher said his condition forced them to form a committee so that he would get help.
He was supposed to sit for his exam in 2018 but after his condition worsened, he wasn't able.
The life-saving gas helps patients breathe when they cannot do it on their own and creates oxygen by removing nitrogen from ambient air.
The portable devices are the best option for remote areas where no oxygen plants nor cylinder delivery networks exist.
