Kidney patient influx strains hospitals in Western Kenya

A nurse attends to a kidney patient at a hospital. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A number of hospitals in Nyanza and Western regions are grappling with an increased demand for dialysis services from kidney patients who have moved to the rural areas in fear of contracting the coronavirus in Nairobi.

The nationwide curfew has also reduced the number of hours available for patients to seek the services. Normally a single patient takes up to four hours on a machine for one dialysis session.

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