{"id":657595,"date":"2013-05-13T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=229565"},"modified":"2013-05-13T12:04:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T16:04:51","slug":"40-patients-escape-from-kenyan-mental-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/657595","title":{"rendered":"40 Patients Escape From Kenyan Mental Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a BBC News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-22509446\">report<\/a>, forty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/mental-illness\">mentally ill<\/a> patients have broken out of a mental hospital in Nairobi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>.  The patients reportedly escaped by overpowering guards at the facility after a protest about their medications.  Kenyan police have told the BBC that some of the patients could be violent.<\/p>\n<p>The breakout happened at the Mathari Mental Hospital, the largest mental hospital in Kenya.  The hospital was built as a smallpox isolation facility and later converted into a mental hospital.  Before the breakout it housed around 75 patients.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan police have launched a manhunt for the patients, who they say will be easy to identify.<\/p>\n<p>Mathari Mental Hospital has been criticized in the past for its conditions and treatment of patients.  In 2011, CNN reporters were locked in the facility for hours after uncovering a recently deceased patient:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"616\" height=\"346\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"ep\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&#038;profile=desktop&#038;context=embedwww&#038;videoId=international\/2011\/02\/24\/wus.kenya.hospital.cnn&#038;contentId=international\/2011\/02\/24\/wus.kenya.hospital.cnn\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&#038;profile=desktop&#038;context=embedwww&#038;videoId=international\/2011\/02\/24\/wus.kenya.hospital.cnn&#038;contentId=international\/2011\/02\/24\/wus.kenya.hospital.cnn\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"616\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"346\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=1G22Qd5DiDM:t7lfAlDXhMg:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/1G22Qd5DiDM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a BBC News report, forty mentally ill patients have broken out of a mental hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. The patients reportedly escaped by overpowering guards at the facility after a protest about their medications. Kenyan police have told the BBC that some of the patients could be violent. 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