Media Archives - Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation

Emergency Medical Care: The Neglected Disease in Kenya

23 July, 202026 July, 2020 emkfoundation

On 23rd July 2020, the Emergency Medicine Kenya (EMK) Foundation presented this report to The Senate Standing Committee on Health, The Republic of Kenya that summarises the current practice of emergency medical care in Kenya and identifies priority actions for use by policymakers and other stakeholders as a roadmap toward strengthening emergency care in the country.

Survey says 90 per cent of hospitals countrywide lack piped oxygen

6 July, 202027 July, 2020 emkfoundation

Published in the Sunday Nation – 5th July 2020. Click below to read more on Project 47

Giving Oxygen to COVID-19 Patients in Kenya

3 July, 20203 July, 2020 emkfoundation

As the COVID‐19 pandemic continues to unfold here in Kenya, more and more patients are requiring oxygen. To increase the capacity of healthcare facilities to provide oxygen to more patients, we have installed Oxygen Gas Manifolds in the emergency departments at the county referral hospitals in Machakos, Kiambu (COVID-19 isolation centre) and Kajiado counties and at the Alupe Sub-County Hospital COVID-19 isolation centre in Busia county. These are the hardest hit counties at the moment and we continue to seek additional support to support more facilities.

COVID-19 Preparedness

10 April, 202010 April, 2020 emkfoundation

Quality Emergency and Critical Care services are crucial to saving lives in the current COVID-19 pandemic here in Kenya. Strengthening these services across the country will not only save us now but even when the pandemic is over because, emergencies always happen, regardless of whether we are prepared or not.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

18 March, 202026 March, 2020 emkfoundation

Emergency cases burden a struggling health system

30 July, 20193 July, 2020 emkfoundation

Most hospitals in Kenya do not have a dedicated emergency department.

Kenya is one of the countries that recognise Emergency Medicine as a Speciality in Africa

6 July, 201910 December, 2019 emkfoundation

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council gazetted Emergency Medicine as a medical speciality in Kenya officially in 2017

Wahome Gakuru died due to lack of emergency services, driver says

27 June, 201927 June, 2019 emkfoundation

There were no efforts by emergency response teams to rescue former Nyeri governor Wahome Gakuru after he got involved in a grisly road accident along Nairobi-Kenol highway, an inquest heard Thursday.

Mr Gakuru, who was only 77 days old in office, stayed inside the car’s wreckage at the scene of the accident while bleeding profusely and writhing in pain for about 45 minutes with his aides and members of the public struggling to rescue him.