I went to the same hospital some years back and said never again.
My kid had swollen eyes in the morning so I took her there. The young doctor who examined the kid said this...how are you am afraid we have to admit the kid and the mother,kindly take these forms and start the process.
I ask why.
He tells me the kid has serious heart problem!
We get scared and the mother even more confused!
So an idea comes to my mind and l decide to call my friend late Pro. Mumo [RIP].
He tells me to get out of that hospital and meet him at doctors plaza.
I rush there meet him together with another doctor[Wafula a good doctor for kids,an authority].
This doctor takes less than 10 minutes and tells us to go home in peace!
What a shock,nothing wrong with the kid, No medicine Nothing!
I came to know that these doctors in order to be relevant to this institutions, they must make money by admitting patients and prescribing expensive drugs.
Good doctors just like any profession have their own practice!

Wafula is one in a million.

What about you? Any regrets?

Me, born and raised in Nairobi all my life. Also middle aged. Never spent a day in hospital. Never been sick apart from the common cold. None of my Children have ever been admitted in Hosi. And the first born clocks 20 this year. Its not about where you were raised....

But I am sorry to hear that this is happening in Gertrudes. Never used to be that way when I used to take my Kids there.

ZZE123, I will give you info that is true to my knowledge and hope in addition to more research helps you out. For children under 2, you are not supposed to give any medication when they get the common cold which involves nasal congestion, mild cough, runny nose. What they recommend is having a humidifier in the room esp when the child is sleeping to open up his airways, use nasal drops (saline) to loosen the mucus and then use a bulb syringe to pull out the loose mucus. Some mothers use the traditional wa of extracting by mouth (not hygienic but anything for a child, right? Works wonders though). Run some hot water in the bathroom and hold your child in there when it's steamy and it helps loosen up the mucus. Not sure if a 5 month would be ok with vicks vaporub but it does work like magic when it's rubbed on the chest, back, and feet before sleeping. Before 2 years they do not recommend anything else and the child has to fight it out; It's sad but it's the safest thing to do. After 1, some diluted honey (only after 12 months) with some warm water helps with a cough. For a fever/temp you can use baby tylenol, ask your Pediatrician how much is needed (child can overdose if not careful). Recommended is 1.25ml Q4-6 hours if needed. I would recommend not giving a 3rd dose if fever still there. Take him/her to see the Doc. Unless the child is wheezing, having the worst trouble breathing and not the expected congestion, Ventolin and Prednisone are not solutions. If he's not asthmatic, don't give the child these medication. Good luck.

I rarely agree with impunity but here he has a point.

I am in the medical world and any time; i better go to shugs and take Oleparrmunyo for my flu than buy conventional antihistamines.

Our traditional way of raising our children is far much better than this westernized way.

And am sure by now the complainants baby but have been injected several vaccines - i then ask; do this vaccines help?? I tend to think they may in the contrary lower our immunity instead.

Surely; from 1 month ukianza kudungwa ma shindano; is there any room left for natural immunity to develop?

It is a conspiracy well known world wide to reduce the world's population to 500m people - call me a conspiracy theorist - but that is a fact.

If you dont believe; ask obama and co wakupe certificates of immunization of their children .... Acheni mchezo --- let the children grow naturally!