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Report reveals acute shortage of kidney treatment services amid growing demand

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Kidney specialists Dr Philip Cheptinga attends at patients at the Haemodiafiltration Kidney room at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret on March 10, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Kidney patients in Kenya are struggling to access care despite increasing demand for the services in the country, a report by the Ministry of Health has revealed.

In the report titled Kenya Health Facility Census, only two per cent of hospitals in the country offer renal (kidney) services. At least 12,384 hospitals across the country were assessed to reveal the state of renal services.

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