[kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities

[Barrack Otieno]

Thank you Dennis, would anyone who attended the breakfast meeting brief us
on any tangible outcomes of the breakfast meeting?, on another note i just
read an interesting Phrase from a book called Surgical Prayer by Tom
Deuschle
 ' *The Provision of Sound Medical services is key in the developement of
any nation. the worlds Medical systems have failed whenever they  have been
driven by profit only, Without a consideration of the staff that work in the
medical service arena, the population to be served and without ownership
within the industr*y'

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Going back to this case, it seems that a Post Mortem would have revealed
> cause of death. While some say drug interaction may have been the cause,
> Gachagua did not indicate which drug the deceased took.
>
> I have been reading a few documents on Malaria and the case described above
> is more associated with death from Malaria - does this mean the medicine
> failed to work? Kenya is also listed as a multi-drug resistant country.
>
>
> As for malaria vaccine, a pal working at a KEMRI Malaria project in Kilifi
> tells me that the Malaria vaccine seems to be several years away. They say
> the Malaria parasite is yet to be documented and studied sufficiently hence
> not much is known about it. At the moment, KEMRI is studying resistance to
> the disease by looking at those who are rarely affected in epidemic areas.
>
> Here is a recent experience where I was prescribed the powerful drugs for
> the wrong disease (misdiagnosis). Our health sector is already in a mess as
> all sorts of drugs are available over the counter while "hospitals" are busy
> prescribing the remainder in abandon.
> http://blog.denniskioko.com/2011/06/medicines-in-kenya-cure-or-poison.html
>
>
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