Kidney patients at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital are set to receive better health care with the acquisition of new dialysis machines.
The machines, donated by KCB Foundation, will see over 25 patients treated daily at the facility. The machines will ease congestion of patients awaiting renal dialysis at the hospital.
Speaking during the commissioning of the new KCB branch on Friday, the KCB chief business officer Samuel Makome said that the donation of the machines is part of a larger entity in curbing the disease.
“KCB Foundation supports medical screening camps and advocacy programmes as a way of comprehensively meeting the needs of patients suffering from kidney disease in the country”, said Makome.
Makome added that Kenya is currently experiencing a drastic number of patients with kidney diseases therefore the foundation has invested 40 million towards the purchase of other machines to support the 47 counties in the country.
He advised people to go for early check-ups to reduce the chances of getting chronic disease.
Dr Boniface Ganda said that the hospital only had five working dialysis machines but hopes that the donated machines will help patients get treatment on time.
Ganda urged the government to donate more funds that will improve health services and reduce cases of patients travelling to India for treatment.
“About 90-110 people undergo renal dialysis, and every month we report about 20-30 new cases of kidney disease. I urge the government to invest more in improving health facilities,” said Ganda.
So far, KCB Foundation has donated seven dialysis machines to Kenyatta National Hospital, Coast General Hospital, Consolata Mathari Mission hospital in Nyeri, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral hospital in Kisumu and the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital as part of the foundation’s initiative to curb kidney disease.