Prof Seth Ouma McLigeyo, among the team that conducted the first renal transplant in the country in 1978, said Kenya has made tremendous steps in strengthening its kidney care but the public is still ignorant on many health issues. He spoke to the Nation at a free medical camp organised by Kenya Renal Association in partnership with Nairobi Hospital to mark the World Kidney Day. At the camp, 101 people had their urine, blood pressure and sugar tested for free while 16 were sent for further investigation because their urine had traces of blood or sugar, signs of infection or impaired kidney function. Dr Rebecca Karanja, a physician at Nairobi Hospital, said some of the people whose blood pressure and sugar levels were found wanting were unaware that there was something wrong with their body. Kenyans with kidney disease have options of places for dialysis as they wait for transplantation, which usually takes place at Kenyatta National Hospital, Moi Training and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, the Aga Khan University Hospital and Nairobi Hospital.

Source: Daily Nation March 09, 2017 18:29 UTC