COVID-19 Causes Fistula Patients to Shy Away From Hospitals
Health workers say patients fear contracting the virus, forcing those with obstetric fistula, a childbirth-related injury caused by birthing complications, to suffer in silence. The condition, health officials say, can largely be avoided by delaying childbirth.
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Kenya:
Fistula Patients Suffer in Silence Amid COVID-19
Nation, 4 June 2020
Stakeholders in the healthcare sector have raised concern over the high number of obstetric fistula patients shying away from treatment in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
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Kenya:
Lack of Specialists Hinders Treatment of Fistula Cases
Nation, 4 June 2020
An estimated 3,000 obstetric fistula cases are reported annually, but only a third receive treatment due to lack of specialists. Read more »
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Kenya:
County Hospitals Not Yet Ready for COVID-19 Surge, Researchers Warn
Nation, 4 June 2020
County hospitals are still not ready to handle a surge of coronavirus infections, researchers have warned. Read more »
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Kenya:
How COVID-19 Has Made Hospitals 'No Go Zones' for Some People
Nairobi News, 2 June 2020
Hospitals in Kenya have greatly felt the economic effects of Covid-19 with the sick now avoiding visiting medical facilities. Read more »
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Kenya:
Mama Lucy, South B Hospitals Are Now Isolation Centres for COVID-19 Patients
Nairobi News, 1 June 2020
Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) has designated Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital and South B Level 3 Hospital as Covid-19 isolation centres with numbers of positive cases soaring in… Read more »
Entrance to Nairobi Hospital (file photo).
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