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Mama Lucy Hospital has 71 Maternity Beds against 1000 Monthly Births-Report

A report tabled before the Senate Health Committee, investigating negligence at Mama Lucy Hospital has revealed that the maternity ward has 71 beds against 1,000 births monthly. The maternity ward is divided into triage room, first-stage room, labour ward, post-natal ward, acute rooms, post-caesarean section rooms, sick antenatal room and sick postnatal room in which […]

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Nairobi Leads in the Number of Preterm Births, Nakuru Comes Second

Data from the Ministry of Health indicates that Nairobi County has the highest rates of preterm babies with 5,338 babies born before 37 weeks of gestation period. Among the top ten counties with the highest preterm births include, Nakuru with 2,815, followed by Kiambu with 2,330 preterm births, Kilifi with 1,919 and Bungoma with 1,544. […]