| Updated Fri, March 10th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3About four million Kenyans are suffering from chronic kidney disease, an organisation said Thursday. Kenya Renal Association (KRA) chairman Seth Mc'Ligeyo said: "Of this number, only about 10 per cent can afford dialysis services. The first dialysis unit in Kenya was put up at the Kenyatta National Hospital in 1984 and had 25 machines. This has caused a major strain on patients but the National Hospital Insurance Fund has since taken over the burden. Mc'Ligeyo warned: "While kidney disease is a problem on its own, it becomes a much bigger problem when combined with obesity."

Source: Standard Digital March 09, 2017 19:07 UTC