Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is the largest referral hospital in Kenya handling major health care cases affecting the public at relatively affordable rates. Being a center of last hope for most patients with little financial ability, there was need to have a...
A three day palliative care training saw pharmacists attend a morphine reconstitution session at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). This comes at a time when this group of health care workers has been identified as core towards realization of holistic care of patients...
Following a Ministry of Health Circular issued in July 2012 requiring district (Level 4) hospitals to establish palliative care centers, Kitui District Hospital has lived to fulfill this requirement. Through its (hospital) Management, the hospital identified space for...
“During this training, we would like to know how to manage pain, the use & reconstitution of morphine as well as the options available for pharmacists from Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) for us to manage...
Miraculous is the word Nyeri Hospice Chief Executive Officer Saraphina Gichohi can use to describe the success she has witnessed with a stoma group started at the hospice a while back. This is after the hospice opened its doors for patients with colorectal cancer and...
The Ministry of Health has indicated inclusion of palliative care in the 2014-2015 government budget presented in parliament earlier June 2014. Speaking at the official opening of the Relay for Life event at Nyayo Stadium on Saturday, the Health Cabinet Secretary Mr....
