Kirinyaga performs first laparoscopy in a level three facility

A team of doctors perform a laparoscopy at Kimbimbi Level Three Hospital. [Courtesy]

Doctors successfully performed the first laparoscopy surgery at a level three health facility in Kirinyaga County.

The surgery, typically available in private health facilities and level six public hospitals, was conducted on a 39-year-old woman from Gathigiriri ward who had been suffering from cholecystitis for years.