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Kidney transplant is way cheaper than dialysis

Lifestyle diseases like hypertension and diabetes are costing ten per cent of Kenyans their kidneys. Children born with some congenital anomalies affecting the kidney at times find themselves in need of a new kidney.

When you walk into the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital’s (MTRH) Majaliwa operating theatres, one of them is named Adamba Theatre. On face value, it is another name to identify one of the many theatres that have saved lives of different people from different walks of life.

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