Kenya lifts ban on medical camps by foreign doctors

Dentist Dr Martin Kim (left) from Vancouver in Canada operates on a patient with the help of his assistant Mbwana Mohamed (right) during a free dental camp held at PCEA Kambi-ini parish in Naro Moru, Nyeri County in this file photo. Kenya has published rules that lifts ban on medical camp by foreign doctors. PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD

NAIROBI: A ban slapped on medical camps conducted by foreign doctors has been lifted and new rules put in place to protect patients.

The foreign doctors will be required to apply for a license from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board, an application in which they will be required to disclose a list of medical professionals to attend to patients at the camps.