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Relief for babies with twisted feet

February 20, 20120
Ms Beth Wangari with her son Ian Ngatia who has been wearing a club foot brace at night to correct a foot deformity. The foot has been since been corrected with the continuous use of braces. Photo/JENNIFER MUIRURI

 

When she gave birth last year, things seemed normal, until the nurses noticed that her baby girl’s feet were curved inwards.

Teresia Wanjiru’s daughter, Mary Muthoni, was diagnosed with club foot, and for her this marked the beginning of innumerable medical sojourns. But today she is glad the club foot was caught early at Naivasha District Hospital.

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