MP Shah hospital has now revised a controversial bill for a patient who only died hours after admission from Sh. 858,355 to just Sh. 25,000.

The bill which shocked the country had been placed on the family of Ms. Matilda Anyango, the 32-year-old woman who succumbed to injuries while undergoing emergency treatment at the hospital.

On Wednesday, the hospital said the Sh858,355 bill was “interim” and had since been revised. The family has since been given the body of the deceased and transferred it to Chiromo mortuary, Nairobi. In the statement, the private hospital confirmed that family of the deceased was at liberty to collect her body for burial.

Toseef Din, M.P Shah Hospital chief operations officer, confirmed that family of the deceased was at liberty to collect her body for burial. “Ms Anyango received the best medical care, and every effort was put in place to save her life. She was attended to by all necessary specialists and clinical staff required, during this emergent situation,’’ Mr Din said.

Ms Anyango was rushed to the facility’s Accident and Emergency department on the night of April 11 after she was found unconscious near her place of residence.

According to the hospital, the health workers resuscitated her before she was transferred to theatre for emergency surgery. Her bill ran up to Sh. 858,355, with the surgeon’s fee costing Sh. 300,000, said the hospital.

The charges came under scrutiny, touching off outrage on social media after activist Boniface Mwangi tweeted about the plight of Matilda’s family. A breakdown of the bill totalling was shared widely by Mr Mwangi. It showed that the hospital charged Sh. 105,000 for transfusion medicine, Sh. 157,285 as pharmacy charges, Sh. 100,000 for the anaesthetist, Sh. 300,000 for the surgeons among other expenses.