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Epilepsy patients decry lack of drugs and discrimination

Health stakeholders during celebrations to mark World Epilepsy Day at Marindi sub-county hospital in Homa Bay County. [James Omoro, Standard].

Epilepsy patients in Homa Bay County have lamented about the lack of drugs and the continued stigmatisation by society.

Epilepsy is a non-communicable disease that presents a chronic brain disorder that causes seizures, which are abnormal electrical discharges in the brain.

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