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hospitals in Kisumu and Nyanza province “so that the
sub-branches can get direct help. It was just my humble
submission that those can be set up to even the
service delivery.”
Other investments which would help patient care
immeasurably – as well as improvements in hospital
equipment – are the specialised cancer care unit as well as a
more specialised children’s hospital.
Currently Moi Teaching and Referrals Hospital offers
paediatrics, but would benefit from more specialised HIV/
AIDS paediatrics.
Despite all that, Moi has achieved many great things and
has always been at the forefront of training and has the
best tropical medicine department in Kisumu.
In addition to plans for better patient care, Moi Teaching
and Referrals Hospital works to give more back to the
community it is based in.
One example Dr Kibosia gives us is the Boresha
Educational Empowerment group – boresha means
‘betterment’ in Swahili – and the Education Volunteers
project which empowers teenage girls.
The teenage pregnancy rate is very high, and with so
much poverty in the population that young women often
have to choose between spending money on sanitary
towels or 2kg of maize to feed them and their families –
many girls regularly miss out on schooling as soon as they
hit puberty.
The Education Volunteers project aims to combat this
by empowering and encouraging girls in their education,
as well as providing practical support such as antiretroviral
drugs for HIV positive students.
“It is a brilliant scheme,” Dr Kibosia says.
We spoke to the doctor on a Monday – he told us the
Friday before he’d been at a prayer day with the students
ahead of their national exams.
Many of the healthcare workers at the hospital come
from the local community and Moi Hospital is helping to
both empower its local community as well as train up a new
generation of staff.
Moi Teaching and University Hospital is facing some
huge challenges but Dr Kibosia is facing them head-on and
remains resolute and upbeat.
From 7-12 December the Boresha Educational
Empowerment group will be running an educational festival
at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, with inspirational
and expert speakers.
Those interested in sponsoring or collaborating with the
festival should get in touch.
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