Loreto pupils responding well to treatment

Written By:KBC Reporter,    Posted: Sun, Jul 31, 2011

The pupils were headed for an educational trip to Shaba when their school bus reportedly lost control Doctors treating pupils from Loreto Convent Musongari school who were involved in an accident along the Meru-Nanyuki highway says that they are responding well to treatment. According to Dr M. R. Khan, a consultant General Surgeon at Nairobi Hospital, most of the students sustained severe head and scalp injuries. Seventeen students were airlifted to Nairobi on Saturday and are receiving treatment at various hospitals in the city. Meanwhile, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka also visited the survivors regretted that the country had lost young Kenyans who were just beginning to shape up their future. Three students were killed in the accident. The pupils were headed for an educational trip at Shaba game reserve in Isiolo when the brakes of their bus reportedly failed at the Subuiga junction, a notorious black spot. President Mwai Kibaki Friday sent condolences to the bereaved families and wished quick recovery to those injured. Meanwhile, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka Saturday visited survivors of the Friday road accident involving the Loreto Convent Musongari school bus, where three pupils lost their lives. The pupils are currently hospitalized at the Nairobi Hospital with some suffering from severe injuries. Mr. Musyoka regretted that the country had lost young Kenyans who were just beginning to shape up their future. The Vice President sent condolences to the bereaved families and assured that he shares with them in grief. Mr. Musyoka asked drivers to exercise extra care while on the road, noting that most roads in the country were now better and can excite the users to over speed. "Let me ask drivers, particularly school drivers, not to over speed, let us protect the precious lives of these young ones, we need them for the future of this country," said VP. The Vice President thanked the Kenya Red Cross, the Doctors and other medical personnel from the Nairobi Hospital, the Aga Khan Meru District Hospital and other health facilities for their tireless efforts in trying to save the students lives and for treating the survivors. Mr. Musyoka wished the survivors quick recovery. He was briefed on the student's conditions by the Hospital's Chief Executive, Dr. Cleopus Mailu.