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A visit to the Department  of surgery by Prof Julian Roam and team of The National Cheng Kung University Hospital of Taiwan.

Having just concluded a four days surgical collaboration at KNH in which a total of 47 surgeries were performed (33AV Fistulas, 13AV graft and one open heart surgery). 

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A team headed by Dr. Ferdinand Nangole (plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic thematic unit head)  does another successful hand re-implantation surgery at KNH of a young boy presented with less than 24-hour history of having been cut by a chaffcutter.

The final year MBChB clinical examinations were held at University of Nairobi (UoN) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) from 28th June to 7th July 2023 during which time 272 students were examined

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Equity Group Chairman Prof. Isaac Macharia (2nd left) and Group Managing Director and CEO Dr. James Mwangi (2nd right), Group Company Secretary Lydia Ndirangu (left) and PwC Auditor Bernice Kimacia (right) discuss the 2022 Integrated Report and Financial Statements during the Group’s 19th Annual General Meeting (courtesy saturday nation newspaper)

Prof. Macharia is Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck consultant in the department of surgery 

 Dr Keagan Kirugo the outgoing chief resident in urology thematic unit hands over to the incoming chief Dr. Shirley Veronica Achok.

Neurosurgery Community Outreach Program in Makueni County during Madaraka Day Celebrations  2023. "Charity begins at home." Congratulations to all involved;  Drs. C K Musau, M P Okemwa and team from University of Nairobi and Brain Tumour Association of Kenya. Keep it up.  Also present was Prof. N J M Mwang'ombe.

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Orthopaedic unit of surgery held annual orthopaedic screening camp from 29th to 31st may 2023 in St Theresa mission hospital Kiirua. Many patients benefitted with free orthopaedic consultation and free physiotherapy consultation. 

The condition screened included but not limited to : back pain, joint pains, ligament tears, frozen shoulder,  severe osteoarthitis of the hip, spine and knee.

The Vice Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama presided over the launch of Orthopaedic Surgery multimedia seminar room and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Microvascular Laboratory on 18th May, 2023.

The Ministry of Health, Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit (VBNTDU) aims to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in Kenya by 2025 in line with the Kenya Breaking Transmission Strategy (2019 – 2023) and the Kenya NTD Masterplan.