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Kenya faces deadly emergency medical failures, auditor warns
Health and Wellness

Kenya faces deadly emergency medical failures, auditor warns

Hospitals, particularly Level 4 facilities, offer little relief. Only nine per cent of these hospitals have dedicated accident and emergency departments, and none of them provide separate paediatric care. Thirty out of 33 Level 4 hospitals sampled, including facilities in Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, Mombasa, and Machakos, had no proper A&E departments.

Over 200 foreign doctors lose licences as Kenya prioritises local medical professionals
Health and Wellness

Over 200 foreign doctors lose licences as Kenya prioritises local medical professionals

Since the start of the January licence renewal period, Duale said he has personally denied more than 200 applications from foreign doctors. Some of these practitioners had previously been prohibited from practising in their home countries, which he said made Kenya a soft landing for discredited or unqualified medical personnel.

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