A three-year old girl has died after being stung by a scorpion, in Tahala, north of Ghat, south west of the country.

 Tahala Health Center, stated that the girl was transferred to Ghat General Hospital in a critical condition, before she was transferred to several other health centers due to lack of doctors and unpreparedness of intensive care units.

The girl arrived 5 hours later at the Owainat health center, where the medical team resuscitated her with an intravenous catheter in the neck and gave her the necessary treatments. She remained under observation for 3 hours, the center explained.