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Where to go for child treatment
matata
#11 Posted : Friday, August 03, 2012 8:46:02 AM
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My son is 4 yrs en his Pediatrician is Dr Kaburu. He has a clinic at Nrb west just next to Moi educational School. For the 4 yrs I have no regrets and I started seeing him the first day my son was born. It will be advisable that u pick on 1 pediatrician because he/she will be able to know any problem with ur child en will also know what medicine, ur child reacts to. changing Dr's sometimes is risky not unless you feel the previous Dr is not giving u good service. All the best en Congrats
Euge
#12 Posted : Friday, August 03, 2012 8:55:58 PM
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matata wrote:
My son is 4 yrs en his Pediatrician is Dr Kaburu. He has a clinic at Nrb west just next to Moi educational School. For the 4 yrs I have no regrets and I started seeing him the first day my son was born. It will be advisable that u pick on 1 pediatrician because he/she will be able to know any problem with ur child en will also know what medicine, ur child reacts to. changing Dr's sometimes is risky not unless you feel the previous Dr is not giving u good service. All the best en Congrats


@ Matata I agree but I suspect Dr Kaburu doesnt operate 24hrs a day 7 days a week. Hence the need to have a plan B in the form of a reliable hospital
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AlphDoti
#13 Posted : Saturday, August 04, 2012 11:17:51 AM
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Euge wrote:
AlphDoti wrote:
karqui wrote:
agakhan paed wing

This is right. Aga Khan are patient, they take time to examine the baby, answer all your questions... they even ask if you still have any concern.

ZZE123 wrote:
At Gertrude’s (apart from the Muthaiga one) you will be attended by “Doctors” in their teens!

Most of them look like new in the field, working on gaining experience.

I used to take our youngest baby to Nairobi Hospital until one day they dealt with our case in record 4 minutes! Three days down the line, the baby got worse with chest infection, and we headed for Aga Khan and the doc there took 30 minutes to examine. The change was visible by that day evening!


Wouldn't be surprised to hear that you had queued for 2 hours.

@Euge 2.1/2 hrs actually, from 9pm to 11:30pm!!! And just like your case, we were given 5 different medication (yes 5). We only gave the child 4 of them. We carried all the medicine to Aga Khan and doc there ended up dropping two of them and prescribing different types!!!
jjred
#14 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 3:35:13 PM
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Amurabi.
#15 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 3:54:38 PM
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Thanks @jjred. Am learning a lot in this thread.
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Mtublack
#16 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 5:15:26 PM
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guys also need help my four year old boy needs to be attended by an ophthalmologist urgently any idea where I can get one who charges are reasonable

how does kikuyu and lions place compare in terms of services?, does kikuyu have a private wing? who are other private consultants around Nairobi
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2012
#17 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 5:42:16 PM
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ZZE123 wrote:
At Gertrude’s (apart from the Muthaiga one) you will be attended by “Doctors” in their teens!


True they have young doctors but which hospital doesn't today in Kenya?
The advantage and why I take my kids to Getrude's is many kids go there being a kid's hospital so they have a great advantage in knowing when there's an outbreak or some flu or something going round unlike other hospitals that have to always carry out the wrong tests. Plus remember tha young doctors are thorough and will prescribe the same dawas as the retiring doctors.

BBI will solve it
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Jitahidi
#18 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 5:57:05 PM
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2012 wrote:
ZZE123 wrote:
At Gertrude’s (apart from the Muthaiga one) you will be attended by “Doctors” in their teens!


True they have young doctors but which hospital doesn't today in Kenya?
The advantage and why I take my kids to Getrude's is many kids go there being a kid's hospital so they have a great advantage in knowing when there's an outbreak or some flu or something going round unlike other hospitals that have to always carry out the wrong tests. Plus remember tha young doctors are thorough and will prescribe the same dawas as the retiring doctors.


I take my kid there too & i find Getruide Muthaiga better than anywhere else. Have never heard an issue with their service
Dash
#19 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 6:00:08 PM
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After the experience I got from nairobi hospital, I never (unless its a night emergency) take him there or take him to a doc younger than fourty years.No offence to the young ones but they can go practice on more willing parents. This is after I took him there with swellings on his hands and no physical examination/ palpitations NOTHING were done. She barely glanced at him and am like Im not a doc but isnt physical exam the first thing they are taught?? I swear she even looked like she was googling for answers as her eyes and hands were stuck on comp the whole freaking time. So now its either Dr.Opondo or Dr. Murila.
nakujua
#20 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 9:28:47 PM
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wazua kuna pesa na class, guys are complaining about Nairobi, Agha khan and getrudes...
its like some middle class americans complaining about the john hopkins or the mayo clinics ...
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