SHE KNEW WAS GOING TO DIE IN LESS THAN 9 MONTHS, ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO BE ABLE TO SWALLOW HER FOOD UNTIL THEN

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As the door to the operation theatre slummed shut on *Jane, I could feel the devastation in her world. The world outside had shut its doors. Her sun was setting. Setting to allow a sky dark as soot to take charge. No twinkling night stars. Even if there would be a few of them, the tears in her eyes would not let her see them. A daughter. A sister. A mother of three. To some of us a patient. To our leaders in healthcare and country at large another statistic. 

A RARE STORY OF HOPE.

Do you have 6 minutes to spare? Today I bring to you a story of hope. An incredible young doctor. Against many odds. Find it here, as narrated by himself. Keep smiling...

http://tiyatienhealth.org/our-story/

I KILLED A PATIENT AND SMILED.

Today was just one of those days. And this is not fiction. I ‘killed’ a patient and smiled. ‘Smiled at it’ or ‘smiled about it’ I am not  so sure. I smiled.

You see, as it usually is supposed to happen in this part of the world, I had to weigh between two competing emergencies. I had to make the choice of who lives and so the other dies. Dies like a dry leaf in the firm grip of man. Into ashes and blown away by the wind.  To nowhere in particular.

ONLY THE COUP PROPHECY IS YET TO BE FULFILLED IN ACHEBE’S PREMONITIONS

" You died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest -- without asking to be paid."  Says Chinua Achebe in his satirical novel “A Man of the People”

IN KENYA THE HEALTH DOCKET IS NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH

In a few weeks the political dust will finally settle. Our candidate of choice elected by the majority will assume power or leadership-whichever way s/he perceives it. To the rest of us we will again be jolted to living our choice.

WHY DEVOLUTION IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR IS DESIGNED TO FAIL

The promulgation of the new constitution aroused the hitherto buried hopes of Kenyans to a reality of a new dispensation of governance where management of services was perceived to be brought close to the recipients.