Counties lack means to manage virus cases

Ministry says Kenya is witnessing a second wave of the virus and directed counties to open up isolation wings and revamp home-based care programmes

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Bodies of Covid-19 victims not infectious, says Ministry of Health

The ministry admits that the current burial practices under Covid-19 containment measures have been inappropriate.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Delay in test results causing avoidable deaths, say medics

In addition, KMA recommends the results be fast tracked by increasing capacity of county laboratories to do the tests.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Beware of absurd hope deadlier and more toxic than pandemic

In Kenya, the Aga Khan University Hospital started a clinical trial on Actemra, a drug used in the management of cancer.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

How Dr Gatonga rose from humble beginnings to become a top CEO

From Being Idle in Med School to the helm of one of Kenya’s biggest Health Insurances, Dr PATRICK GATONGA, CEO Jubilee Health Insurance opens up to Dr

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Virus drug trials begin at Nairobi’s Aga Khan hospital

Ten patients have already volunteered for tests that are being hosted in only two African countries - Kenya and South Africa

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Kenya starts Covid-19 drug trials

Ten patients have already been enrolled at the Clinical Research Unit of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Is there anything like a harmless bleed in the brain?

A headache from a bleed is sudden and one may actually collapse or have a change of speech, experience confusion or a specific body weakness.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

No Money, No Testing

If you do not have money, you will not get a coronavirus test done, not even at government facilities.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Hard-working and brilliant doctor, 38, pays ultimate price

Committed to her patients, sold out to her family in equal measure and deeply devoted to her country, she could make a study on balance of life.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Kenya loses first doctor to Covid-19

In one of her social media pages, she speaks about her work and dedication as an obstetrician and gynaecologist.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

WHO rethinking how coronavirus spreads in air

Health body says evidence is not definitive, but notes there is transmission chance in crowded, closed or poorly-ventilated areas.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Health system still ill-prepared to tackle virus

The Ministry of Health’s data on the number of confirmed cases in Kenya indicate that nine in 10 people with the virus have no symptoms.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Millions of Kenyans already exposed to Covid-19

Nairobi and Rift Valley have recorded highest prevalence to Covid-19 with 550,000 and 510,000 people respectively.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

When arthritis hits the young…

Genetic risk alone is not enough to express a symptom

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Is the drug shortage real or imagined?

Kenyans are experiencing an artificial shortage of medicines because of a deep-seated perception

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Dr Mwangangi: Pandemic gives us lessons on how to change healthcare

"I do not see us going back to our previous ways of doing things."

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Mwangangi, the doctor with a big public voice

Dr Mercy Mwangangi is easily the most visible face in coronavirus briefings held outside Afya House.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

‘Initially I was so scared of working in isolation unit’

She disinfects doorknobs, handrails and empties the infectious waste of corona patients.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Men jam pandemic hotline with calls

Rift Valley and Western dominate in number of callers to 719; some call to say they have found a cure.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

A doctor’s lonely story of misery, hope in isolation

Doctor worried that the kind of stress he is going through now might be a recipe for more trouble ahead.

By Dr Mercy Korir 5 years ago

Kidney transplant is way cheaper than dialysis

Lifestyle diseases like hypertension and diabetes are costing ten per cent of Kenyans their kidneys.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Rapid virus testing is two weeks away

The aim is to test as many Kenyans as possible in a bid to curb the current coronavirus pandemic.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

The mess in quarantine facilities

The government announced on Saturday that 1,866 out of the 2,050 have so far been tested.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

We’re shooting ourselves in the foot on covid-19 pandemic

Some news items are shocking while others are outright preposterous.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Police pounce on man in quarantine swoop, four weeks too late

Many of the listed contacts go about their daily activities oblivious of the danger they pose and unaware that they are on the ministry’s contact trac

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Six-year-old is so far Kenya’s youngest coronavirus victim

A six-year-old boy died from Covid-19-related complications at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) on Thursday.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Why doctors are afraid for Kenya as cases shoot up

Exclusive interview with 20 men and women leading the fight against Covid-19 at Mbagathi isolation unit as the country records 29 new cases.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Pandemic: Past week has shown even health workers are scared

Everyday, when my phone buzzes with a call or a message, I hold my breath, hoping it is not news of another victim of the virus.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Parents in agony as mystery illness claims 17 children

While some healthcare workers think it is pneumonia, they are wondering why it cannot be contained.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Inside lab testing for Covid-19

Due to the highly-infectious nature of the Covid-19 samples, the lab scientists decontaminate the containers

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Covid-19 treatment trials

Researchers are seeking to establish if certain components of existing drugs have any effect on coronavirus.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Worries over Kenya’s capacity to handle severe cases of coronavirus

The government is working round the clock to put structures in place to handle the coronavirus disease despite having a six-week head-start.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Coronavirus outbreak calls for boost to universal health coverage

The novel coronavirus 2019 has every person across the world either on high alert or running amok in panic.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Coronavirus: Do not panic, follow instructions to the letter

Three per cent of the people who have had coronavirus have succumbed to it

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Does alcohol cure coronavirus?

Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that cause illnesses like the common cold to severe ones like SARS.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Patients at risk of unsafe blood as cash veins dry up

This means that blood is collected from donors but very few units are dispatched for use by recipients.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Quality concerns plague Sh2b mosquito nets

Kenya was warned that nets supplied to several countries had not met the required standards.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Why Kenya could be Cholera endemic by 2020

These water and sanitation challenges are not unique to Elgeyo Marakwet County.

By Dr Mercy Korir 6 years ago

Study: Drugs used in malaria treatment for pregnant women no longer effective

The widely used and only treatment in malaria prevention in pregnant women may no longer be effective in treating the disease.

By Dr Mercy Korir 7 years ago