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…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Health cabinet secretary Aden Duale is now putting on notice doctors keen on earning low cum during the official working hours Duale outlawed the low cum of between , between 8 – 5 PM, describing the habit as a major fraud, regretting that the scenario has been rampant among the doctors…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The government is working on strategies to curb deaths of premature babies. World prematurity day was celebrated with Murang’a county, with health care providers urging mothers on the need to attend antenatal clinics three months after they conceive. Governor Irungu Kang’ata said his administration has embarked at addressing concerns through the…
