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Golfers turn up to support Nairobi Hospice in charity tournament
Nairobi Hospice held a successful annual charity golf tournament on 2nd May at Karen Country Club.The event which started at round 11am attracted both young and seasoned golfers in teams and individual categories in support of the Hospice to continue offering...
High incidences of cancer call for palliative care in Murang’a
The high number of patients presenting with life threatening illnesses especially cancer in Murang’a County has triggered the District Hospital to move with haste in establishing a palliative care unit to address their plight. Most patients visiting the hospital are...
Msambweni Sub-County Hospital to introduce palliative care
Msambweni Sub-County Hospital is planning to set up a palliative care unit soon. Leading to this achievement, the hospital team recently visited Coast Hospice to familiarise themselves with operations in a palliative care environment. Coast Hospice Clinical...
Supporting a patient to the last day; a story from Chogoria PCU
Palliative care has not once nor twice, but many times proved beneficial to patients with life threatening illnesses even when it starts at late stages of an illness until their last day. Joy (not her real name) died at the age of 87 years towards the end of March...
Naivasha Hospital to accelerate palliative care
Naivasha District Hospital will soon have a unit to accelerate palliative care service delivery in the region after the team received 40gms of morphine, some tools and reading materials from Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) alongside furniture...
UK mentors support Kenyan palliative care providers
In the effort of strengthening palliative care in Kenya, Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) is supporting palliative care experts from University of Edinburgh and other institutions to offer mentorship to palliative care providers in three hospitals namely...