August 2018 Business Daily;Medical interns at the Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital are up in arms over an acute shortage of doctors that has left them overworked and without rest. Some of the overwhelmed medical interns have fled the facility leaving the hospital with only two interns. The complaints come …

August 2018 Business Daily;Kenyan authorities have recalled 15 batches of six locally available heart and blood pressure drugs over fears that they may be carrying a cancer-causing impurity. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) said in a statement dated July 12 that its decision to recall all drugs containing Valsartan …

July 2018 Business Daily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) payouts for dialysis increased by nearly half to Sh1.7 billion in the year to June, highlighting the growing cases of kidney ailments among Kenyans. The State-backed insurer’s payouts rose from Sh1.24 billion — reflecting a 41 per cent growth. Its …

July 2018 Business Daily;Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has announced plans to increase patient charges annually for five years as the referral facility seeks to raise billions of shillings for facilities upgrade. The hospital revealed the annual adjustments during the launch of its five-year strategic plan ending 2023, which will see …

July 2018 Dailynation;Given the frequent media reports of serious injury and deaths of patients caused by negligent health providers, Kenyans may be surprised to learn that only one doctor has been deregistered by the medical board in the past two decades. Data from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board …

July 2018 Standard media;A hospital has been ordered to pay Sh6 million compensation for child whose leg was amputated after a light bulb burnt the limb. Makindu Resident Magistrate Gerald Mutiso ruled that the child’s current condition was as a result of the hospital’s lack of prudent and professional attendance. …

July 2018 Business Daily; A South Korean heat massage therapy has got thousands of sick Kenyans deeply hooked to its range of claimed medicinal benefits covering back pain, sinuses, arthritis, diabetes and prostrate complications. The therapy, which is administered through a special bed or a waistline belt, uses electricity to …

July 2018 BusinessDaily;Governors look set to lose control of 11 county hospitals after Senate gave a nod to proposals seeking to have the facilities revert to the national government to serve as regional referral and training facilities. The proposal contained in the National Referral Hospital Bill has also been endorsed …

July 2018 BusinessDaily;A Nairobi private developer is seeking permission to build a Sh415 million hospital and adjacent residential flats in Embakasi, Nairobi. The investment neighbouring Goshenland GSU Training School, the Coca-Cola Company, Tuskys Embakasi and KEMSA depot, targets to offer advanced in-patient medical services for Embakasi’s 163,858 people. Regulatory filings …

July 2018 lshtmnews;Sandra Williams knows about the perils of sugar. In 1998, aged 24, she spent six months in hospital recovering from a terrible car crash, which caused a stroke. Once discharged, she had one leg in a caliper and was unable to use her right hand. Bored and immobile, …