This archive report was first published on 6 August 2019.
On a tragic note, a 40-year-old Kenyan woman, Purity Muthoni, from Naivasha, Nakuru County, lost her life to cancer in August 2019.
According to reports, Muthoni had been undergoing treatment in various hospitals after developing a growth on one of her breasts, but doctors were yet to discover she had cancer.
After failing to recover, she decided to seek medication at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, where she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Heartbroken and in despair, Muthoni traveled back to Naivasha, where she had been living with her sister, and hanged herself with a rope shortly after her sister left her house in Kasarani Estate.
Confirming the incident, Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru said her body was moved to Naivasha Hospital Mortuary.
“According to the sister, the deceased received results that she was suffering from breast cancer and she went into depression before committing suicide,” Waweru said.
