Media
This is a comprehensive digital repository that archives media articles that have been published on emergency care in Kenya.
Emergency Medical Care: The Neglected Disease in Kenya
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
Giving Oxygen to COVID-19 Patients in Kenya
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
Emergency cases burden a struggling health system
Kenya is one of the countries that recognise Emergency Medicine as a Speciality in Africa
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
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.
