The month of September was ushered in quite unceremoniously for our young ones. On a Friday night, while young teenage girls slept in their school dormitory, hell paid them a …
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Motherhood
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Every time I mention to my patient that she may require induction of labor, the suggestion is met with a lot of resistance. Such was the case with my patient …
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt On August 8th 2017, Kenyans went to the ballot to elect political leaders …
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Rosemary* fascinated me to no end when I met her. She was a huge personality rolled up in a small 5’ 2” frame, with excessive energy and a throaty laughter. …
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Rosina* was a special mom. I met her when she came to our maternity unit in labor. She had a fairly uneventful labor and after six hours in the unit, …
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Childbirth is the most amazing thing that nature allows us to experience. Yet it is one shrouded in mystery and very much under-appreciated. We all get excited when the new …
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On 25th of November 1999, the President of the Republic of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi, took the bold step to declare HIV a national disaster. This was no mean feat. …
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The practice of medicine is a life-long education. It is normal that one may practise to a ripe old age of 80 and will still not have seen conditions they …
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Soila* is fifteen years old. Typically, her days should be spent in school, her young mind soaking up new knowledge, her blossoming young body exploring sports and games in the …
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It is a really tough year for the medical fraternity who have lost four young female doctors in the past four months. What makes it even more painful is that …