A Kenyan national living in Maryland has died after an eight-day battle for his life following a sudden medical emergency during a church service.
Richard Kisang, who hailed from Kowow Village in Elgeyo Marakwet County, suffered a brain hemorrhage and died despite undergoing emergency surgery and intensive care in Baltimore.
Kisang’s health crisis began while he was attending church in Maryland, where he started feeling unusually tired and dizzy. According to accounts of his final days, he asked a friend to drive him home after the symptoms started.
Later that evening, his condition worsened and he collapsed at home. He was rushed to Frederick Health Hospital for emergency treatment.
Doctors at the facility diagnosed him with a brain hemorrhage. Because of the severity of his condition, medical staff arranged an emergency airlift to the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore for specialized care.
Surgeons in Baltimore operated on Kisang shortly after his arrival. He remained under intensive medical care for eight days as doctors tried to stabilize him before he succumbed.
News of his death has triggered mourning among relatives and friends in both Maryland and his rural home in Kowow Village.