Big four agenda!! Big blow as Cuba doctor goes back to country

Cuban doctors arrive in KenyaSix months after the first batch of the long-awaited Cuban doctors arrived in the country, one of them has left back to her country.

The main idea in bringing these specialists was to learn from the Cuban experience in building a robust primary and curative healthcare system that has afforded the country universal health care.

Patients seeking specialized kidney disease treatment at Nyeri County Referral Hospital have been however dealt with blow by the departure of the Cuban doctor posted there.

Nephrologist Eisy Cabrera returned to her country as she was found to have a brain tumour. County health chief officer Newton Wambugu confirmed her departure on Wednesday.

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“She left after a one-month observation period and treatment in Nairobi,” he said.

“She made proposals towards service improvement at the hospital. We endeavour to implement them in our strategic plans.”

The county, Mr Wambugu said, will have received her replacement by the end of this year. Dialysis is currently being conducted by a physician who took over when Ms Cabrera left .The renal unit at the hospital handles between 12 and 15 patients daily. The first two processes cost Sh9,500 a week while the third costs Sh3,000.

Central region has only one nephrologist employed by the government. The doctor is based in Thika, Kiambu County.

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Statistics indicate that last year, Nyeri had 29 nephrologists and 260 nephrology nurses, who handled kidney complications and dialysis.

The lack of a nephrologist at the hospital will likely result in delays in treatment, considering the number of people with kidney diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity have been rising.

Nyeri county leads in the prevalence of non-communicable disease, with diabetes affecting 6.4 percent of the population.Image result for kiambu hospital

A brain tumor is a mass or growth of abnormal cells in your brain.

Many different types of brain tumors exist. Some brain tumors are noncancerous (benign), and some brain tumors are cancerous (malignant). Brain tumors can begin in your brain (primary brain tumors), or cancer can begin in other parts of your body and spread to your brain (secondary, or metastatic, brain tumors).

How quickly a brain tumor grows can vary greatly. The growth rate as well as location of a brain tumor determines how it will affect the function of your nervous system.

Although universal health coverage is one of the Jubilee government’s Big Four agenda, it should be remembered that this is the government’s obligation and not a political campaign tool.

We wish her quick recory …

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