The Mountain Journal A delegation from Nigeria pitched a camp in Murang’a for benchmarking on health care delivery through innovation and strategic investment. The high-level delegation from Niger State, in Nigeria, was introduced in automation of health services, on a benchmarking mission aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery through innovation and strategic investment, mobile dialysis…
The Mountain Journal Slovakians medical experts seek to partner with Murang’a County Government to strengthen telemedicine technology designed to reach more patients. The Slovakian delegation led by Mr. Adam Subrt and Mr. Martin Balae from Goldmann Systems held a meeting with the County’s Health CEC Dr Fredrick Mbugua, Chief Officer Eliud Maina and health experts …
The Mountain Journal The nurses’ strike in Laikipia entered its third day after the negotiation between the striking nurses and county government failed to yield fruit. Nurses and midwives represented by Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) downed their tools on Monday, and initiated a strike over the county government’s failure to honor a 16-point…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Oustpan Global University (OGU)is the 84th university in Kenya after the Commission for University Education (CUE) issued a letter of Interim Authority . The university has been around for 26 years since it was founded as a nursing college, and has become among the most respected in the country, owing to…
Ahadi Kenya Trust CEO Stanley Kamau (Centre), Mathioya Deputy County Commissioner Riungu Laikera and gospel artist Regina Wa Anganiwe talk to some of the over 150 beneficiaries of Social Health Authority (SHA) from Muranga County during the beneficiaries’ get together luncheon at St Mark’sKiru ACK Parish in Mathioya sub-County, Muranga County, in which they called on Kenyans…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke An audit has pointed to major irregularities in the Sh 96.3 million procurement of the dialysis equipment in Laikipia Country Government. The audit report reveals that while 10 dialysis machines, 10 beds, and a water treatment plant were allegedly procured and delivered to Nyahururu and Nanyuki Hospitals, some equipment was faulty,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Governor Irungu Kang’ata brokered a deal with the SHA to release Sh47 million to the Murang’a County Government for the services rendered in the health facilities. The kitty would be remitted to Murang’a following a high powered meeting held between Kang’ata and SHA CEO Dr Mary Mwangangi following the unpaid…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The telemedicine programme initiated in Murang’a has benefitted thousands of families through patients’ access to specialists. Within a year the Telemedicine Programme has connected 36 health centres where 70,556 patients suffering with the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have been attended. The initiative spearheaded by Governor Irungu Kang’ata opened doors to patients on…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The introduction of mobile dialysis services has supported hundreds of families in Murang’a, who were earlier forced to schedule transport of the sick to far away hospitals. Patients suffering from kidney malfunction braced themselves for exhausting journeys to get to distant hospitals to access dialysis services which today is a relief…
Robin McMahon, who works at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital, brought medical care to isolated communities in Kenya By Caroline Gall in West Midlands A nurse has been honoured with an award for exceptional service during a military exercise in Kenya. Robin McMahon won the annual Military Nursing Award by the Worshipful Company of Nurses for…
