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Dr Mercy Korir

Doctor by day, pilot by evening

To earn a private pilot licence, one needs to have not less than Sh1 million while a commercial pilot's licence needs about Sh3 million.

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Doctor by day, pilot by evening

To tackle future pandemics, address gaps in research and development

To tackle future pandemics, address gaps in research and development

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Food security, gender equality key to Sustainable Development Goals

Food security, gender equality key to Sustainable Development Goals

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

They told me to get married, shun 'climate justice'

They told me to get married, shun 'climate justice'

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Liverpool beat Man City 3-1 for Community Shield

Darwin Nunez shaded Erling Haaland in their first matchup by scoring Liverpool's final goal as it beat Manchester City 3-1 in the Community Shield on Saturday.

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Liverpool beat Man City 3-1 for Community Shield

Bedroom matters: Here's a treatment for 'one-minute-men'

Experts advise on causes and solutions to embarrassing bedroom inadequacies

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Bedroom matters: Here's a treatment for 'one-minute-men'

Ruto: My plan for Kenya's Sh8 trillion debt

"Our debt today is a challenge; we need to deal with it. We are not sitting pretty we are living beyond our means."

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Ruto: My plan for Kenya's Sh8 trillion debt

Parents should enrol their children in day schools- CS Magoha

Out of the 3,500 classrooms set to be constructed, Magoha said only 50 are ready for commissioning. New level of education is geared towards a day school setting and not boarding.

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Parents should enrol their children in day schools- CS Magoha

Health agenda: Unpacking Raila Odinga and William Ruto manifestos

Dr Mercy Korir takes time to unpack Azimio la Umoja One Kenya and Kenya Kwanza Alliance pledges on Universal Health Coverage in their manifestoes.

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Health agenda: Unpacking Raila Odinga and William Ruto manifestos

Deworming reduces absenteeism, improves learners' performance

The National School Based Deworming Programme has been a success in counties with high worm burden like Busia in Western Kenya.

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Deworming reduces absenteeism, improves learners' performance

Minyoo: Deworming reduced absenteeism, increased school performance

Pupils aged between five and 15 bear the biggest brunt of the worm burden; harbouring 70 to 80 per cent of the disease burden which affects them nutritionally and physically.

By Dr Mercy Korir 1 year ago

Minyoo: Deworming reduced absenteeism, increased school performance

Covid-19 jab: Can it affect women’s period cycle?

Women across the world have reported altered menstrual cycles after getting vaccinated.

By Dr Mercy Korir 2 years ago

Covid-19 jab: Can it affect women’s period cycle?

Why Experts have beef with supermarket meat

The common bacteria in supermarket meats is E. coli, which, though harmless, most times has strains that might cause abdominal pains

By Dr Mercy Korir 3 years ago

Why Experts have beef with supermarket meat

Russia’s Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya for Sh5,500 a dose

The Sputnik V vaccine has an efficacy level of about 92 percent and is the first such private consignment in Kenya.

By Dr Mercy Korir 3 years ago

Russia’s Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya for Sh5,500 a dose

Poor nations have to wait longer for Covid vaccines

The hopes of millions of people across the world got a boost from Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement

By Dr Mercy Korir 3 years ago

Poor nations have to wait longer for Covid vaccines

Inside the rot ailing Nairobi Hospital

Audit lifts the lid on the complex relationship between the facility, insurance firms, corporates and doctors

By Dr Mercy Korir and Cyrus Ombati 3 years ago

Inside the rot ailing Nairobi Hospital

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 3 years ago

Counties lack means to manage virus cases

C-section births are the new cash cow for doctors

Number of operations shot up after NHIF started paying for the surgical procedure.

By Dr Mercy Korir and Mercy Kahenda 3 years ago

C-section births are the new cash cow for doctors

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 3 years ago

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

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 3 years ago

Delay in test results causing avoidable deaths, say medics

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 3 years ago

Beware of absurd hope deadlier and more toxic than pandemic

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 3 years ago

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

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 3 years ago

Virus drug trials begin at Nairobi’s Aga Khan hospital

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 3 years ago

Kenya starts Covid-19 drug trials

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 3 years ago

Is there anything like a harmless bleed in the brain?

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 3 years ago

No Money, No Testing

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 3 years ago

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

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 3 years ago

Kenya loses first doctor to Covid-19

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 3 years ago

WHO rethinking how coronavirus spreads in air

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 3 years ago

Health system still ill-prepared to tackle virus

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 3 years ago

Millions of Kenyans already exposed to Covid-19

When arthritis hits the young…

Genetic risk alone is not enough to express a symptom

By Dr Mercy Korir 3 years ago

When arthritis hits the young…

Covid-19 testing: How the state fell way off the mark

Only 38,000 tests had been conducted by yesterday, a far cry from the 250,000 the Government had promised to have done by June

By Dr Mercy Korir and Daniel Wesangula 3 years ago

Covid-19 testing: How the state fell way off the mark

Where is the Sh12m? Shame of frontline medics not yet housed

The ministry on April 7 announced a Sh12 million plan to accommodate the health workers, but this is yet to be done.

By Dr Mercy Korir and Daniel Wesangula 3 years ago

Where is the Sh12m? Shame of frontline medics not yet housed

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 3 years ago

Is the drug shortage real or imagined?

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 3 years ago

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

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 3 years ago

Mwangangi, the doctor with a big public voice

‘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 3 years ago

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

What quarantine will cost you

Discord has been simmering since it was first instituted with those being held complaining of high costs.

By Daniel Wesangula and Dr Mercy Korir 3 years ago

What quarantine will cost you

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 3 years ago

Men jam pandemic hotline with calls

Patients, workers exposed to coronavirus as KNH struggles to cope

Staff at Accident and Emergency department decline to report to work without adequate personal protective equipment.

By Dr Mercy Korir and Daniel Wesangula 4 years ago

Patients, workers exposed to coronavirus as KNH struggles to cope

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 4 years ago

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

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 4 years ago

Kidney transplant is way cheaper than dialysis

Failure to test the masses dents war on Covid-19 numbers

Kenya has screened just 7,000 people in the last one month that it has been battling with Covid-19

By Daniel Wesangula and Dr Mercy Korir 4 years ago

Failure to test the masses dents war on Covid-19 numbers

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