Picture courtesy KNH website The past one year has been a bitter-sweet one for Kenyatta National Hospital. It has been peppered with great news that put it on the map …
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There is nothing that makes an obstetrician to go cold all over like a panicked phone call from your patient the dreaded words: “I can’t feel my baby moving!” Sophia* …
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One big advantage of being born and raised in a little town in the 80’s is that the whole town is like one big family. I spent the first decade …
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Karen* and Jonah* met in college. They sat next to each other during the orientation week and by the time classes started in earnest, they were an item. Like many …
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Sandra* is a 26-year old lady who walked into my office one afternoon for a very interesting conversation. She was a successful career lady in finance, whose star was rising …
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A few years ago, towards the end of an absolutely crazy 24 – hour shift in a fairly busy private maternity hospital, we received a patient in the wee hours …
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Eleven years ago, as a young intern doctor at our national referral hospital, I was quite impressed to receive a patient who had been air-lifted from the northern frontier for …
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The last few days have been abuzz with the controversial case of a doctor filing a petition in the High Court to decriminalize the female genital cut. The case has …
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One of the most intriguing things about working with women is the ease with which rapport is established once they feel comfortable with the topic at hand and do not …
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As the holidays come to a close and the endless January starts, we all shake off the nostalgia and get back to work, school or whatever it is that we …