Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has achieved a global medical milestone after surgeons successfully performed the world’s first facial reconstruction surgery of its kind on a seven-year-old boy who was disfigured in a bandit attack. The nine-hour operation, conducted on Thursday by a joint team of KNH and University of Nairobi specialists, restored both function and […]
Originally admitted to the ICU in November 2022, he was later moved to the general ward but remained in the hospital as a homeless person with no known relatives or proven identity.
Susan expressed disbelief that such an attack could occur in a heavily guarded hospital. “How could nobody have heard anything? Not even the nurses at the station or other patients? In my view, this was an inside job,” she said.
As doctors’ strike continues for the fourth week running, the Kenyatta University Teaching Research and Referral Hospital (KUTRRH) has hired five oncologists from the East African region and recalled patients who were on chemotherapy. Hospital Board Chairperson Prof. Olive Mugenda said three doctors were sourced from Ethiopia and one each from Tanzania and Malawi. Speaking […]
So the issue of lack of oxygen in KNH, that was previously highlighted, is now taking a new turn. Everyone in the hospital is complaining and questioning why the situation has to exist in KNH at a time like this when oxygen is highly needed the most in the hospital. Staff continue to die in […]
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