EAST AFRICAN NEWS

January 2019 TheStar; A man who developed brain damage as a result of an operation gone wrong 14 years ago at Nairobi Hospital has been awarded Sh44.5 million by the court. In his ruling, High Court judge George Odunga on Wednesday also awarded his parents Sh1 million. The parents had …

January 2019 Kenyans;According to reports, the 48-year -old patient only Identified as Paulwas being treated for epilepsy. It is alleged that Paul suddenly got violent and started attacking other patients and members of staff. Rony Mutuma who was being treated for diabetes succumbed to the incident after the violent patient hit him with …

January 2019 Citizen News; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has been sued for allegedly not paying Ksh.10million to one of its service providers. The applicants in the case, Patanisho Maternity and Nursing Home, claim that having provided services from 2015 to date, NHIF has refused to pay for the …

January 2019 BusinessDaily; Kenyatta National Hospital is in deep financial trouble after the National Hospital Insurance Fund failed to pay Sh800 million it owes the giant medical institution. The hospital operations are already in peril, putting the lives of thousands of patients, who depend on the facility, at risk with …

January 2019 Business Daily; The French Development Agency (AFD) has invested Sh150 million in Safaricom-backed healthcare app M-Tiba that will go towards growing the number of individuals and healthcare providers on the platform. The cash injection will be used to on-board a targeted 500 new healthcare providers to the app …

January 2018 thestar;The exorbitant Sh60,000 doctors charge to circumcise children will have to come down, their board has proposed. The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board yesterday suggested, after a public outcry and a stormy meeting, that fees charged in private hospitals be cut by 20 per cent. The meeting …

January 2019 Business Daily;Auditor-General Edward Ouko has revealed the rot at Mathari Hospital that has seen the national referral facility struggle to provide required psychiatric services. Mr Ouko in his latest report cited congestion, lack of diagnostic equipment, stock-out on critical drugs and inadequate personnel as factors crippling the facility. …

January 2019 Standard media;A local medical insurer has directed that its sick clients will, starting today, receive cheaper variations of drugs when they fall sick, as part of a global push at cost-cutting.  Madison General Insurance said in a notice that all healthcare facilities will henceforth stop dispensing branded drugs, …

January 2019 Daily nation;Police in Migori have arrested a guard suspected to be part of a group of people that has been stealing medicine and equipment from Migori County Referral Hospital. Police officers, who were acting on a tip-off, recovered equipment worth Sh4 million which had been stolen from the …

January 2019 Daily nation;Pharmacists say they will head to court to challenge contentious parts of a new law. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Health (Laws) Amendment Bill 2018 into law a few hours before the New Year. The bill has elicited controversy as it seeks, among other …