Do not be quick to to write anyone off. A lesson I learnt from an experience with a patient. An experience that I have hardly forgotten. While at ward 7 at JOOTRH ( ward 7 is a male medical ward), a male patient, in his...
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Friday evening, the making of a Doctor.
I have been planning to write on the plight of medical students for a long time but I never had the right words, I still don’t but I will try and paint the picture. I’m not sure how it happens in other universities but...
LET ME DIE
Let Me Die!! Have you ever thought about when you would die? In what circumstances? When you hit 40 years, would your body be paying for the things you did earlier in life? All the tobacco, the alcohol, promiscuity...
A day in a Kenyan public hospital
Even as the internet and the so called KOT (Kenyans on twitter) team tries to destroy and tarnish the name of the Kenyan doctor with bizarre campaigns as #iwafikiemadaktari, the Kenyan doctor continues to struggle in...
LIVING POSITIVE; MY STRUGGLE, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE ONE
What i decide to do daily.Its definitely worth it We met at a social gathering we both frequent. I remember she told me that her name defined her and I totally agree because, most times she is all smiles and radiance...
THE KISUMU NEUROSCIENCE INITIATIVE
James’s life will never be the same again. At least not as rough as he has had it these past few years. He didn’t seem to be able to wipe the wide smile off his glad face as he spoke to theDoctor of his treatment story...
Depression and the Kenyan Society.
Depression doesn’t have to lead to Suicide. Romanticizing Death I read Fatmata Conteh’s ‘ letter to my sisters. Her main character N’damba was trying to justify her reasons for taking her own life. I enjoyed the story...
THE ANGAMIZA CANCER KENYA FOUNDATION
THE ANGAMIZA CANCER KENYA FOUNDATION The other day at lunch, in one of our local vibandas, after a busy morning with ward rounds, clinics, theater etc., someone started a conversation that really captured my interest...
