By JAMES KARIUKIMore by this AuthorKenya is yet to identify a site where a cancer hospital and an oncology school can be set up, two years after a deal was reached between President Uhuru Kenyatta and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is despite Kenyans spending huge amounts of cash every year sending patients to India for medical treatment. INDIA TRAVELSThe forum was told that investing in medical diagnosis machines would stem the tide of Kenyans travelling to India for treatment. It describes where the cancer is, if it has spread, or if it is changing the way the body organ works. Data provided by the Health ministry shows that 40 per cent of them sought renal treatment, heart diseases (7.19 per cent), cancer (21.19 per cent), spinal diseases (11.89 per cent) and joints and bones diseases (5.6 per cent).

Source: Daily Nation May 27, 2017 22:52 UTC