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Topic: Patient

No bed, no shelter: patients sleep outside referral hospitals as costs bite

By David Njaaga   2026-06-21 17:27:06

Patients travelling to major referral hospitals are sleeping outside facility grounds or crowding into makeshift shelters, unable to afford long stays during treatment.

Sickle cell patients in Kisumu push for affordable care and inclusion

By Rodgers Otiso   2026-06-18 11:37:27

Kisumu sickle cell advocates demand affordable care, better drug access, and policy reforms as patients face rising costs, stigma, and weak NCD services.

From donor to patient: The life-saving journey of every unit of blood

By Joan Oyiela   2026-06-14 04:08:08

After donating about 450ml of blood, each unit is screened for infections, tested for blood type and separated into components such as red blood cells, platelets and plasma.

New procedure cuts pain, recovery time for haemorrhoids patients

By Noel Nabiswa   2026-06-07 21:05:57

KNH is adopting Transanal Haemorrhoidal Dearterialisation (THD), a minimally invasive technology designed to treat haemorrhoids with greater precision while minimising tissue damage.

US lawmakers demand Trump bring Ebola patients home after Court ruling

By Zena Achieng   2026-06-02 17:54:00

US lawmakers have demanded the Trump administration repatriate Americans exposed to Ebola, after the High Court blocked a US military-built quarantine facility at a Kenyan air base.

Cloud push to keep patient data local reaches thousands of health facilities

By David Njaaga   2026-05-31 19:50:16

Cloud rollout by a global development and management consulting firm enables thousands of Kenyan health facilities to access patient records faster and keep sensitive data within the country.