Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)

CoG condemns theft of drugs by hospital workers

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Council of Governors (CoG) yesterday urged the Ministry of Health to establish elaborate systems to curb the theft of […]

Physiotherapists play critical role in pandemic

Reading Time: 6 minutes Mercy Wairimu was in deep thought inside the ambulance in which her daughter, Joy Wambui, 25, laid motionless. She came […]

Uhuru directs five new health facilities to offer 24-hr service

Reading Time: 3 minutes PD Team and PSCU The government’s planned move to reserve the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) for referral cases only inched […]

Counties must do more on hospitals

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenyan Constitution provides that every person has a right to the highest attainable standards of health, which includes hospital […]

Autopsy links poisoning to student doctor’s death

Reading Time: < 1 minute The 35-year-old Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) pediatrician, who allegedly committed suicide inside her car on Saturday died because of chemical […]

Depressed Nairobi doctor takes own life at parking

Reading Time: 3 minutes A depressed post-graduate medical student at the University of Nairobi committed suicide inside her car by injecting herself with anaesthesia-inducing […]

Experts link headaches in children to brain tumours

Reading Time: 3 minutes That persistent headache, convulsions, mainly in children and a blurring vision should not be taken lightly as they could be […]

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta calls for sustained efforts to end fistula

Reading Time: 2 minutes First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for sustained efforts to end fistula, saying any woman suffering from the condition should […]

Early diabetes diagnosis can prevent death, says doctor

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kenyans have been advised to go for screening for diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.  Carol Adhiambo, a doctor at the […]

Experts call for psychosocial support for road crash victims

Reading Time: 3 minutes For many stakeholders in Kenya’s road transport sector, the issue of psychosocial support for road accident victims is a matter […]