Aga Khan Hospital fined Ksh.1 million for Postnatal death in 2019 By Dzuya Walter October 13, 2026 12:19 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter File image of Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi. …
… tive Committee Member for Health and Sanitation Gregory Ganda says the difference in screening uptake was worrying and called for breast examination to be incorporated into other routine health services, particularly cervical cancer screening.Speaking at Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu …
… The two men rushed her to Port Reitz Hospital before she was referred to Aga Khan Hospital, where she was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and underwent emergency surgery to remove the knife. …
Audio By VocalizeTributes have poured in for Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police Lazurus Opicho who died on Monday night at the Aga Khan hospital while receiving treatment. …
… Joel Awino, TUM Dean of Students, said: “We picked the body from Aga Khan Hospital on our way to Awasi, our buses had a head-on collision with a salon car, we lost two male students, it happened at 12:30.” Thirty-two others are nursing injuries, with seventeen admitted at Jaramog …
… The university said 15 students remained under medical care at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, with one student referred to Aga Khan Hospital High Dependency Unit for further treatment. …
… That growing concern was among the key issues discussed during specialist clinics held on June 17 and 18, 2026, at The Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam, where patients sought medical advice for conditions linked to obesity, diabetes, vascular disease and kidney complications. …
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council fined Aga Khan University Hospital Ksh.1 million for shortcomings in the treatment of Valarie Cherono Misoi, who died shortly after giving birth in August 2019 due to a hospital-acquired infection. The hospital was also directed to review medical protocols and strengthen compliance with maternal and perinatal death surveillance procedures.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council fined Aga Khan University Hospital Ksh.1 million for shortcomings in the treatment of Valarie Cherono Misoi, who died shortly after giving birth in August 2019 due to a hospital-acquired infection. The hospital was also directed to review medical protocols and strengthen compliance with maternal and perinatal death surveillance procedures.
Health officials in Kisumu County have raised concern over the slow uptake of breast cancer screening among women, warning that it could be contributing to late diagnosis and poor treatment outcomes. A 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey found that only 12 per cent of women of reproductive age in Kisumu had ever undergone a breast examination, compared to nearly 25 per cent who had undergone cervical cancer screening.
Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police Lazarus Opicho, Commandant of the Security of Government Buildings and VIP Protection Unit, has died following an illness while undergoing treatment at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. Inspector General Douglas Kanja described him as a dedicated and exemplary servant whose leadership will be deeply missed.
A Mombasa court has convicted banker Hannington Muthoka of attempting to unlawfully cause the death of Elizabeth Shigari Bana after stabbing her three times in the back on September 25, 2023, leaving a knife lodged in her back and causing her left lung to collapse. The magistrate rejected Muthoka's claim that Bana had stabbed herself during a struggle.
Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police Lazurus Opicho died on Monday night at Aga Khan hospital. He was commandant of the VIP protection unit and Security of Government Buildings, and headed the Judiciary Police Unit from 2021 to 2024.
A 59-year-old Chinese national, Jiang Minqiao, lost consciousness and fell into a 147-foot-deep gold mining pit at ArmLight Gold Mining Site One in Siaya County on Tuesday, sustaining severe head and limb injuries. He died at the scene, and his body was moved to Aga Khan Hospital mortuary pending postmortem examination.
Two Technical University of Mombasa students died in a head-on collision between a university bus and a salon car on the Kisumu-Nairobi Highway at around 12:30pm on Friday. Amateur footage shows students dangerously seated on top of the moving bus and hanging from windows moments before the crash; 32 others were injured.
A bus carrying Technical University of Mombasa students from a funeral convoy overturned near Ahero after the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle, killing two students and injuring 29 others. Some injured students have been discharged, while others remain hospitalized.
A bus ferrying mourners in a funeral procession for a late Technical University of Mombasa student leader crashed near Awasi in Kisumu, killing two students and injuring several others. 17 students were admitted to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital and 15 others to Lisa Hospital in Ahero.
Health specialists warn that excess weight can trigger multiple medical problems extending beyond appearance, including effects on blood sugar, blood pressure, kidney function and blood circulation. Specialist clinics held in Dar es Salaam discussed conditions linked to obesity, diabetes, vascular disease and kidney complications, with doctors increasingly seeing patients whose weight is intertwined with diabetes, sleep disorders, high blood pressure, joint pain and reduced mobility.