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The grim task of taking care of cancer patients

Dr Adam Hamid attends to one of his patients, Mohammed Bosco, at Mombasa County’s Coast General Hospital. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

On an ordinary day, a doleful silence greets anyone who visits Rahimtullah ward in Coast General Hospital. Except for few patients seeking diagnosis and those on chemotherapy, the narrow halls of the ward are largely deserted.

But once a month, the waiting room gets packed with patients out to see the visiting oncologist, Dr Adam Hamid, who is the Head of Cancer Ward.

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