Chiromo Lane Medical Centre as pictured on December 7, 2017. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]

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A patient in Nairobi has shot and killed a nurse at Chiromo Lane Medical Centre.

The incident happened Thursday afternoon.

According to the doctor in charge Francis Owiti, the person believed to be a patient arrived at the facility with a friend and asked to see a medical practitioner.

"While the doctor was attending to him, the patient drew a gun and shot him in the right eye," Owiti said.

Owiti said the suspect might have been drunk during the incident.

Police have since arrested the man for interrogation.