THE HEALTH DOCKET SHOULD GO BACK TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

THE HEALTH DOCKET SHOULD GO BACK TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 
About 40,000 Kenyans are diagnosed with cancer annually, and the disease kills about 15,000 people every year, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The national government should be keen on equipping hospitals so that they offer better treatments to the sick in Kenya. This is because we have had very many senior people in Kenya seeking medical treatment outside Kenya. Sorry state for us all. They should be the first to face it since they have the tools to fix it. This include Governor of Bomet, Governor of Homa bay, Governor of kisumu,M p of kibera and lately we lost safaricom CEO Bob Collymore etc. Nine MPs and four Senators are among thousands of Kenyans being treated for cancer in Indian hospitals, a legislator who was successfully treated for brain cancer and M P for .Juja Francis Munyua Waititu, popularly known as Wakapee. When he was in India he interacted with senior Kenyan government officials and well-known businessmen being treated for cancer in India.Waititu said most of the public figures are suffering in silence secretly and cannot seek treatment in Kenya, partly because of the stigma associated with advanced chronic diseases. Nobody wants to talk about it because of the stigma behind it. Leaders are not fulfilling their mandate which included improving the national health care system because they go abroad for treatment. In India, there are hundreds of cancer patients from Kenya alone. Among them were nine of MPs and four Senators. The cancer scourge is enormous and the National government can no longer afford to bury its heads in the sand. We must get out and talk about it,” Approximately 10,000 Kenyans travel abroad every year in search of treatment and end up spending at least Sh10 billion in the same period, according to the ministry of Health. Can this figure jolt the national government to action and allocate more funds to recruit doctors, pay them well and they further their studies? I believe Kenya has the neglected its doctors resulting in many Kenyans suffering many diseases. Doctors need to research and their research tabled in forums so that the environment improves, food to be checked for any diseases and also early diagnosis of patients. When people go to hospital when they are late in diagnosis, this leads to expensive treatment and some patients succumbs to their diseases which would have been treated early. Look at the strike of doctors in Kirinyaga County. It means the whole population is affected. Children are missing immunization, pregnant women do not go late for clinic checks, teachers, civil servants and residents are forced to seek treatment outside Kirinyaga County. This leads to the employees being away from their work stations and are late for work. School children miss teachers in school. A 2015 survey by the ministry of Health found that 40 per cent of Kenyans who travelled overseas for treatment had renal (kidney) diseases. At least 21.2 per cent had cancer, 11.8 per cent had a spinal disease, 5.6 per cent had joint and bone diseases, 1.9 per cent had connective tissue disorders, while 1.6 per cent had peripheral vascular disorders. Patient chose to go abroad because of lack of enough specialists and specialized medical equipment, long waiting periods, especially for cancer treatment and kidney transplants, and the high cost of treatment in Kenya. Governors don't trust the doctors they train and the health facilities they build. This means that they do not believe in what they do. Let health be returned to the national government as it has failed in the County and every now and again doctors are on strike as Counties cannot meet their demands which are genuine. The shocking part is in Kenya we have jobless doctors. 75 per cent of cancer patients seeking treatment in India can be treated in Kenya for less money. Screening for cancer, diabetes and other related diseases should be made free. Functioning cancer screening and treatment center in Kenya which would cost between Sh1.5 and Sh2 billion should be started. We would be having the best healthcare if all the money lost in corruption was diverted to improving the same and our leaders trusted in our hospitals by investing in them and paying doctors well. Are Kenyan hospitals fake? And should poor Kenyans be treated at fake hospitals?Some Counties have even appointed people in the health docket who are not doctors or are in the medical fraternity.
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Veronica onjoro
PhD student Mount Kenya University
onjoroveronica@yahoo.com

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