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- posted by Jamlick Karumbi - 599 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
In recent months, Kenya has been gripped by emergencies which have beefed up the need for medical emergency services. The prevention of deaths and suffering among victims is heavily dependent on the quality of emergency services which is in turn a product of the efficiency of the reporting systems a...
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Source: The Standard.
Kenya: The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Kenya has urged the Government to immediately intervene and engage the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentist Union, (KMPDU) over the massive exodus of trained doctors from our public hospitals that has ...
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Source: The EastAfrican.
Did you happen to see the great investigative piece about the slashing of budgets for provincial hospitals in Kenya last year?
The story showed that in the wheeling and dealing that resulted in the final Division of Revenue Act 2013, the allocation for provincial hos...
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- posted by Jamlick Karumbi - 688 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
Reports about medical malpractice are now a common item in our media. The much touted fatal unassisted child births in public hospitals are just pointers to suffering being experienced by other patients which suggest that the quality of health services in hospitals is sick. A quick loo...
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- posted by Jamlick Karumbi - 1,430 views - 1 comment - 0 likes
Last week I had a discussion with an obstetrician who works with a referral facility in Nairobi about her views on the effect of the free maternity services policy. While the public domain is awash with reports of its success, her account of her experience since the policy came into force is...
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