Health

I have no clue how it feels to grow up knowing you are a pioneer scientific wonder but that is what Louise Brown’s life has been. Last week, she turned …

The last two few weeks have seen an unprecedented number of social media memes doing the rounds about the Cuban doctors and the expected language barrier. In as much as …

In 2013, the country was shaken by a story carried in the media about a mother in Bungoma County Hospital who had undergone mistreatment while seeking maternity services. The scenario …

Alice* was a dedicated nursing student at the college of health sciences when we were all in undergraduate. She was also very religious and she walked the talk. Every Friday …

A few weeks ago, the public was left in shock as a young woman lost her life following a plastic surgery procedure. It was very sad to see a young …

A few weeks ago, a friend and I had a hearty laugh as he narrated how he met a father at the supermarket till whose trolley had four large 1.5kg …

The fight for gender equality is always viewed from the female perspective but men are waking up to the reality that they too have been dealt a raw deal when …

Mr. Ekiro* was an elderly patient in the orthopaedic wards during my undergraduate rotation. I could not help but notice how still he lay in his bed. His sixty-year old …

A few years back, a young lady walked into my office for a gynaecological review, having been referred by the dermatologist. It was a hot January afternoon, with the sun …

How rocky can the path to womanhood be? Pretty rocky for some, like Savannah* who spent her teenage years wishing she had been born a boy! I met Savannah when …