Doctors at Nairobi Hospital are reported to have advised that Former First Lady Lucy Kibaki remains in hospital for a few more days, after being admitted on Friday at 5am.
According to former President Mwai Kibaki’s press secretary Mr Ngare Gituku, Mrs Kibaki's health had improved but doctors recommended she remains at the health facility.
“She is responding well to treatment and the doctors want to conduct a series of tests to ascertain that there is absolutely no issue that would crop up at any given time,” the Nation quotes Mr Gituku.
“As you many know, some tests require 48 hours for results to come out. They (doctors) would like to be with her especially being a weekend so that they can do that properly,” the family spokesman added.
The former First Lady will reportedly be in hospital for two or three days, but she had been withdrawn from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where she was taken in on Friday.
“This is to ensure that every parameter they are interested in is interrogated properly so that when she is released, doctors will have confidence that she is okay,” a source told the local daily.
Mrs Kibaki had remained away from the public eye for nearly five years, until Friday when she was reported to have been admitted to hospital in Nairobi.
However, information on the nature of her illness remains scanty. The family last week claimed that she was only undergoing a “routine check-up”, adding, “there should be no alarm at all”.
