do people still go to getrudes hospital????? i stopped when i realized they are never going to help my son. the GP are all trainees and under 30 years and they really dont give a hoot about the childs health. Please try Dr.Wafula at agha khan doctors plaza and all your problems are sorted

@ Cardinal..

How is that possible... can you draw a diagram?
So what happened, did the correct it... This is scary esp since ams sposd to take jnr for the snip snip..

Pablo, his clinic is just next to Moi educational centre's main gate. You access it from Tusker T-mall junction.

Chicken pox infection in children is usually self limiting.It is not worth the cost.
The vaccine also has an undue effect of shifting the herd immunity and to older kids who can suffer from the condition and can also affect the elderly whose immunity toward chicken pox has waned.

all wazuans here who have kids with frequent ailments,homa kila saa,please pass by a drug store (pharmacy) and buy Vitamin A caps 200,000 IU and give them.just one cap is enough for one kid to suck and remember to replenish after every six months.those flu and flue like ailments will not get your children.This is one thing doctors forget giving their customers and it could be the answer to those frequent ailments.

Looking through this thread is very saddening. Every so often in Wazua there always comes a thread of which doctor and which hospital is the worst and the 2 areas that are usually covered are obstetrics and peadiatric services.
The concerns are obvious this being very critical times to the 2 critical members of all family units.
Let me try and add some objectivity to this thread.
When patients pay out of pocket they want to spend the least they can.
Patients with insurance cover usually paid for by the employer have the assumption that money is not an issue.
Hospitals have to keep cost down to make a profit
Medical technology is rapidly expanding and is not cheap and hospitals are unfortunately judged by the equipment and the ability of services they can perform
Insurance companies are also in the business of making a profit and negotiate the lowest cost they can for all this hi tech services that hospitals are able to offer.
Medicines and trade names are also growing and there are medical reps busy pushing hospitals, pharmacist and using underhand tactics to get their medicines to the market and hence you hear rumours of Zinnat being banned when zinnat is the initial brand that the drug cefuroxime was traded as by the company that created and tested the molecule.
Babies do not get better immediately. Infections take a while to clear and the child also builds immunity to all this infections as they grow. The cause of the infection sad to say is usually the concerned parent or he househelp. This is a fact since most babies have limited contact with the outside world. If the child is having diarrhoea or have rotavirus the person feeding the child is the one that infected the child.
Disease progression takes time. If you present to a doctor with upper respiratory tract infection (Include tonsillitis and pharyngitis) and subsequently develop pneumonia that is the progression of the disease. It is not a misdiagnosis!
Doctors are so scared of malpractice suits that they now prefer to use protocols from UK US and europe that are very expensive and rely less on their clinical knowledge. That is why every time a patient presents you have a barrage of test instead of relying on clinical acumen.

Now with all this factors competing against each other it is very difficult to get objective statements from wazuans without knowing where they are coming from and just like the investor section everything said here should be taken with a pinch of salt.
You might prefer a Doctor using latest and expensive protocols since you have insurance or you might prefer a doctor who uses clinical acumen because paying out of pocket is very expensive and the list goes on and on. There is no perfect doctor for all wazuans and my advice is prevention is better than cure.
How did your child get diarrhoea? how did they get that pneumonia infection?
Simple things like washing your hands often has shown to reduce incidence of both this diseases. How many people tell their house helps to wash their hands not only after using the loo but every so often.
Vaccinations against rotavirus and streptococcus pneumoniae are available have your children been vaccinated?
I understand and I do know there are some bad doctors out there but blaming all getrude clinics, all paediatricians doesn't help and is not objective.
Take all advice with a pinch of salt!

Thank you Daktari.
However,how can Doctors remember when some will want to keep patients coming in order to earn revenue not only their own but also for the hospital. Remember when you have a medical/insurance cover you can be billed as much as three times the cost for the same drugs and lab investigations as someone paying cash!!!
Talk of "killing the goose that lay the golden egg". But its unethical