It’s been a while since I ranted. Maybe I was too busy or there was nothing to rant about. However, the other day I saw my friend and former school mate nurse Loise; shaking hands with, the very much qualified CS for...
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KMPDU, Making Doctors Great Again
Dr. Ouma Oluga. The activities of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) from December 2016 through to March 2017 will live long in the memories of Kenyan doctors. The names of a number...
Relax Jackie, it’s Just A Lump; Breast cancer
My name is Jackie. I am a 52 year old mother of three wonderful boys; the eldest, our family chef, is 21 and he is in his 3rd year of collage studying catering. The second born who in a way is taller than his elder...
Leukemia
What is leukemia? I still remember the first time I heard about Leukemia. I had probably heard it before, but the first time I heard the word and took a moment to internalize it was in my 2nd year of high school. I was...
It’s not your call
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...
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...
