By Beryl Okendo.Bone marrow transplant as a solution to the treatment of sickle cell disease is a practice that is yet to gain ground not only due to limited human resources to perform it but also the issue of affordability and accessibility of the treatment to patients.In Kenya, less than ten bone marrow transplants have...
By Beryl Okendo. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has passed an assessment for East Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians (ECSACOP) training. This makes JOOTRH the fourth hospital in Kenya whose medical officers are set to gain skills that will enable them to deliver the most professional, impactful, and sustainable...
By Beryl Okendo. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) Medical Social work team spearheaded a family reunion for a patient who had been abandoned in the hospital for four months while undergoing treatment. The patient, after being successfully managed and discharged, was left with nowhere to go due to neglect by family members....
