Form One girl raped by nurse at private clinic where she went for treatment

Police in Karaba, Mbeere South Subcounty in Embu county have arrested a nurse of a private health facility for allegedly raping a form one student.

The girl is said to have been admitted to Ngurumbani Medical
Centre for treatment after developing health problems.

Mbeere South Subcounty police commander Gregory Mutiso said
the suspect is currently being held at one of the police stations in the area.

Mutiso said after the girl was raped, she informed her
father who told the police leading to the arrest of the suspect.

“The girl aged 20 years was admitted at the facility to
receive treatment and the nurse is said to have raped her, we have arrested him
and is currently held at Karaba police station,” said Mutiso.

The commander stated that after the heinous act, the girl
was rushed to a public hospital where he was attended to and subjected to
medical tests and was also given a P3 form.

Police are also investigating whether the nurse had
administered sedative medicine to the girl before raping her.

According to the father of the girl, she had been admitted
to the Private health facility with abdominal pains and the nurse was to
examine her to ascertain the problem.

He said the nurse administered a certain jab to the girl and
told her that he cannot leave her alone in the hospital bed because he needed
close monitoring.

“The girls feared to inform me what happened but she
opened up to one of my daughters in law that a nurse at the facility tricked
her into his house at night on grounds that he needed close monitoring because
of the jab he had administered on her and raped her,” said the father.

The nurse informed the girl that he was in fear that the
drug administered would react at night.

After luring the girl to his house, the nurse told her to
rest on the bed before raping her

It is also not clear whether the facility had other patients
during the night when the act happened.