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Hope against hope: Palliative nurse hangs on prayer in caring for patients

Palliative care nurses Sylvia Otieno (centre) and Jane Banda attend to a patient at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu on Thursday. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Every morning when Jane Banda wakes up, she says a prayer: “Lord, may I not lose any of my patients today...” 

She is a palliative nurse at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) hospice in Kisumu. 

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