June 2018 Dailynation; Governor Hassan Joho has waived hospital and mortuary fees in all Mombasa County hospitals on Madaraka Day. The county boss said the waiver is in line with the unity deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga. Mr Joho ordered the county …

May 2018 Standardmedia;Longisa County Referral Hospital has been put on the spot over death of three people on Monday following a power outage at the facility. Members of the public have demanded an explanation from the county medical services department over the deaths, threatening to institute legal action against the …

May 2018 Standard media; Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has dismissed claims that the Cuban doctors coming to Kenya will be overpaid and described those opposed to the scheme as “not a critical set of people”. Speaking in Geneva, Switzerland, after the conclusion of the 71st World Health Assembly, Kariuki singled …

May 2018 Standard media; Some of the brands on the spot Mt Kenya Aberdare Aqua Drops Aquifer Springs Kirinyaga Springs Fountain Waters Cools Springs Oasis Eden Fresh Lake Waves Nyamasaria Do you pick a bottle of water to quench your thirst without checking the packaging company’s details? Be warned. The Kenya …

May BusinessDaily;A Kenyan doctor has filed a petition in court seeking to stop the government from licensing Cuban doctors to practise in local clinics, arguing that the foreign medics were single sourced to the disadvantage of local counterparts. Samson Robert Misango says in court papers that there has been no …

May 2018 Dailynation;A Kenyan-born dentist has been suspended by UK authorities following patients’ complaints on wrong procedures and prescriptions. The Interim Orders Committee suspended Dr Beatrice Luciola Jepkemoi for 18 months. COMPLAINTS Mrs Luciola, a resident of Bexton Lane, Knutsford, UK, has been running the Beyond Dental Care clinic for …

May 2018 Dailynation; Scientists at the Kenya Medical Research Institute have come up with a safe and superior drug for preventing and managing malaria during pregnancy. The drug, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP), a second line treatment for malaria, was found to be safe in the second and third trimester of pregnancy, and …

May 2018 BusinessDaily; Mothers and newborns were on Wednesday morning left in pain and stranded following a 2am fire at the maternity wing of Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi. The fire is suspected to have been caused by a power blackout that plunged the hospital into pitch darkeners after one of …

May 2018 lshtmnews; Taxing sweet snacks could lead to broader reductions in the amount of sugar purchased than similar increases in the price of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), according to new research published in BMJ Open. The research team from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the University of Cambridge …

May 2018 Yahoonews;A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a Washington hospital where a nurse allegedly exposed thousands of patients to hepatitis C. The lawsuit, which is the second filed against MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital over an outbreak of hepatitis C, accuses the hospital and its parent company, MultiCare Health …