EAST AFRICAN NEWS

March 2018 Standardmedia; Kenya has banned the importation and sale of processed meat products from South Africa after a listeria outbreak was traced to ready to eat meat. Listeriosis can be caught from food containing listeria bacteria, or close contact with farm animals. There have been 948 cases of listeria …

March 2018 Dailynation; The National Nurses Association of Kenya has asked doctors at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) to stop blaming nurses for the surgery conducted on the wrong patient. They asked doctors to take responsibility. BLAME The nurses’ association said shifting the blame to nurses was an irresponsible way …

March 2017 Dailynation; A neurosurgeon has been suspended for opening up the head of the wrong patient in one of the worst cases of medical malpractice to become public at Kenyatta National Hospital. Two men had been wheeled into KNH unconscious last Sunday. One needed head surgery to remove a …

February 2018 Dailynation; Over 2.6 million students in secondary schools left for the week-long mid-term break on Saturday without the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) medical cover promised by the government in December last year. A majority of secondary school heads interviewed revealed that they still had to attend to …

February 2017 BusinessDaily; The Health ministry has announced a plan to build four cancer centres for Sh8 billion starting this June in a move which promises to shorten the waiting time for thousands of patients. Dr Anne Ng’ang’a, the Head of the National Cancer Control Programme in the Ministry of Health …

February 2018 Standardmedia; It is a foregone conclusion that eating fruits is one of the best ways to keep healthy. As they say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.  But chances are the apple, mango or banana you are eating may be doing you more harm than good. The …

February 2018 Standardmedia; A dangerous fungi that causes meningitis is just one of the toxins that you could be taking in your daily dosage of herbal medication. While herbal medicine may be preferred for their affordability and ‘effectiveness’, you may actually end up spending more on treatment due to other opportunistic …

February 2018 Standardmedia; Doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have successfully reattached the severed hand of 17-year-old Joseph Thairu from Kiambaa, Kiambu County. Thairu’s arm was accidentally cut off while cleaning a chaff cutter. He had just finished feeding their cows. The highly delicate procedure lasted seven hours. It involved a multidisciplinary medical …

February 2018 Standardmedia; Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has taken over at the Ministry of Health with a promise to deliver on universal health. “We will deliver universal healthcare as envisaged under the big four agenda,” she tweeted on Wednesday soon after a handover ceremony, referring to President Uhuru’s second term goal. But first she …

January 2018 BusinessDaily; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is facing a Sh1.5 billion compensation claim over the termination of a controversial medical services contract it signed with a private clinic five years ago. Meridian Medical Centre, a chain of private clinics, has accused NHIF of refusing the pay the money …