Health

Lucy* is a distressed mother. A single mother for the past 13 years, she has worked really hard to get where she is today, alongside bringing up her son by …

A few months ago, I was on the receiving end of a very bitter parent’s lamentations. As a mother, she had invested everything she had in sending her son to …

Nathan* was a sweet six-year old boy who walked into our acute gynaecology consulting room at the national hospital four years ago. He was escorted by a distraught mother who …

Happiness* and Leone* were a lovely West African couple in my care a few years ago. They were new to Kenya as Leone had taken up a post in a …

Caleb* is a seventeen year old high school candidate who is currently sitting his examinations to complete his secondary school education. He is also a father of an adorable one …

Eileen* is a new mother who has been seeing me for ante-natal care. Her pregnancy is progressing well and she has enjoyed the process so far. Eileen is 24 years …

The impact of social media on access to feedback from our patients has been immense. A lot of the times it is not flattering to the doctor or hospitals but …

A random online search on sexuality and menopause yields nothing other than bad news for the women in the fifth floor of their lives and beyond. This is quite a …

Never has political bickering in this country been this loud. Between devolution hiccups, grand corruption leading to loss of millions and a contested presidential election, the economy is so severely …

Every time a patient seeking a second opinion sits in front of me asks, “Why didn’t he/she just say so?” I smile patiently and say it is alright. In my …