A sick health system that is ‘spreading’ cancer to patients

Chief specialist, Radiology at Kenyatta National Hospital Dr. Sidika Wambani demonstrates how a mammogram machine is used to test breast cancer patients during an interview with The Standard. (Photo: David Njaaga/Standard)

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or so an old adage goes. But once in a while you will need a doctor's help to deal with one ailment or the other.

And when that day comes, all your hopes for cure more or less rest on his or her able shoulders and whatever the doctor says, you have to follow. But what if a rather routine check puts you in more trouble than you were already in?