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Rank: Veteran Joined: 2/12/2008 Posts: 1,178
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At last! The Real Cindano is back.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 5/28/2011 Posts: 98
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i do agree with m0st of theposts on GC.the staff there are not paeds.for you to see a paed you must say at the front desk that you want to see daktari mkubwa. why are they playing with our kids health
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/17/2008 Posts: 478 Location: Old Trafford
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It took them 2yrs to diagonise adenoids which were disturbing my daughter for a while. All that time she was put on heavy antibiotics & cough syrups that never worked. Interesting part is, the day they 'discovered' the adenoids they scheduled an emergency surgery for her claiming the condition is critical. I ran away from them never to be seen there again. An ENT by the name Dr. Din in AGUH saved the day. Very efficient & did a lot of post surgery follow ups for 15 months to find how the girl was doing. Ogopa GGCH kama kirori ya mafuta 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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'user' wrote:For those looking for a Paedeatrician, Dr Miriam Karanja of KNH Doctors plaza is good . The long line in her clinic is a good testimony to this.
She charges Kshs 1,500/=.Her patience and motherly love is an assurance that your baby will be well even before she prescribes any medicine.
Im all smiles on her services.To get her you need to be patient because she is not in hurry to make more shillings on the next customer. @user, i took my 5month old baby to dr. Karanja's clinic at knh for a routine check-up confident that she came highly recommended on this forum. She examined her and to my dismay proceeded to inform me that my baby had symptoms of rickets! She then wrote her a prescription for calcium and vitamin d. I bought the supplements and began administering them to the baby much to her dismay, imagine 5mls twice a day and she absolutely hated the taste and would really resist. So i felt it was too much and decided to seek a 2nd opinion from professor were at uhmc. To my utter shock, he examines her and completely dismisses dr. Miriam's diagnosis and tells me to stop giving her the vitamins as it is unnecessary. He then adds how surprised he was at what she said especially since she was his student. You can imagine how upset i was that my daughter was misdiagnosed and forced to take unnecessary vitamins. For 1 week I had carried the burden that i was not vigilant enough in her care and made her get rickets. Bottom line is, always get a second opinion and don't put too much faith on one doctor.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/19/2008 Posts: 4,268
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Shak wrote:
Im all smiles on her services.To get her you need to be patient because she is not in hurry to make more shillings on the next customer.
@user, i took my 5month old baby to dr. Karanja's clinic at knh for a routine check-up confident that she came highly recommended on this forum. She examined her and to my dismay proceeded to inform me that my baby had symptoms of rickets! She then wrote her a prescription for calcium and vitamin d. I bought the supplements and began administering them to the baby much to her dismay, imagine 5mls twice a day and she absolutely hated the taste and would really resist. So i felt it was too much and decided to seek a 2nd opinion from professor were at uhmc. To my utter shock, he examines her and completely dismisses dr. Miriam's diagnosis and tells me to stop giving her the vitamins as it is unnecessary. He then adds how surprised he was at what she said especially since she was his student. You can imagine how upset i was that my daughter was misdiagnosed and forced to take unnecessary vitamins. For 1 week I had carried the burden that i was not vigilant enough in her care and made her get rickets. Bottom line is, always get a second opinion and don't put too much faith on one doctor.[/quote] Waoh! That's scary to say the least! I think you were just lucky they were just supplements...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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Wendz wrote:Shak wrote:
Im all smiles on her services.To get her you need to be patient because she is not in hurry to make more shillings on the next customer.
@user, i took my 5month old baby to dr. Karanja's clinic at knh for a routine check-up confident that she came highly recommended on this forum. She examined her and to my dismay proceeded to inform me that my baby had symptoms of rickets! She then wrote her a prescription for calcium and vitamin d. I bought the supplements and began administering them to the baby much to her dismay, imagine 5mls twice a day and she absolutely hated the taste and would really resist. So i felt it was too much and decided to seek a 2nd opinion from professor were at uhmc. To my utter shock, he examines her and completely dismisses dr. Miriam's diagnosis and tells me to stop giving her the vitamins as it is unnecessary. He then adds how surprised he was at what she said especially since she was his student. You can imagine how upset i was that my daughter was misdiagnosed and forced to take unnecessary vitamins. For 1 week I had carried the burden that i was not vigilant enough in her care and made her get rickets. Bottom line is, always get a second opinion and don't put too much faith on one doctor. Waoh! That's scary to say the least! I think you were just lucky they were just supplements... [/quote] @Wendz, exactly! But even supplements when wrongly administered can be toxic. Anyway, as parents we really need to be vigilant
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/7/2011 Posts: 410
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Getrude's is one hospital to avoid. I also got a bad experience with them when my baby had a problem with his A-cord drying en the Dr said we have to go for an operation! They even told me to prepare 99k en do it quick before things got worse! I started rushing up with the insurance cover so that they could cover him since the cash was a lot, but before then I decided to seek an opinion from Dr Kaburu of children's clinic in NRB west en in just 1 weeks my son was ok! Yet he was to be operated on according to the Dr at Gertrude!
If u can just avoid it! pole the baby will be ok, in God we trust!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 12/3/2010 Posts: 1,141 Location: Londokwe
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Shak wrote:'user' wrote:For those looking for a Paedeatrician, Dr Miriam Karanja of KNH Doctors plaza is good . The long line in her clinic is a good testimony to this.
She charges Kshs 1,500/=.Her patience and motherly love is an assurance that your baby will be well even before she prescribes any medicine.
Im all smiles on her services.To get her you need to be patient because she is not in hurry to make more shillings on the next customer. @user, i took my 5month old baby to dr. Karanja's clinic at knh for a routine check-up confident that she came highly recommended on this forum. She examined her and to my dismay proceeded to inform me that my baby had symptoms of rickets! She then wrote her a prescription for calcium and vitamin d. I bought the supplements and began administering them to the baby much to her dismay, imagine 5mls twice a day and she absolutely hated the taste and would really resist. So i felt it was too much and decided to seek a 2nd opinion from professor were at uhmc. To my utter shock, he examines her and completely dismisses dr. Miriam's diagnosis and tells me to stop giving her the vitamins as it is unnecessary. He then adds how surprised he was at what she said especially since she was his student. You can imagine how upset i was that my daughter was misdiagnosed and forced to take unnecessary vitamins. For 1 week I had carried the burden that i was not vigilant enough in her care and made her get rickets. Bottom line is, always get a second opinion and don't put too much faith on one doctor. Must be different experiences but to me she has been fine. She sorted out my third born who was born underweight very well and within no time the baby was within the weight curve. 2012 is here.Kenya is Ours.Be Part of The Peace Keeping Mission To Protect Our Motherland.Say No To Violence and Tribal Hatred .If you can read this,wewe ni mtu amesoma, usifikirie kama mtu hajaenda shule .Ni Hayo Tu
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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'user' wrote:Shak wrote:'user' wrote:For those looking for a Paedeatrician, Dr Miriam Karanja of KNH Doctors plaza is good . The long line in her clinic is a good testimony to this.
She charges Kshs 1,500/=.Her patience and motherly love is an assurance that your baby will be well even before she prescribes any medicine.
Im all smiles on her services.To get her you need to be patient because she is not in hurry to make more shillings on the next customer. @user, i took my 5month old baby to dr. Karanja's clinic at knh for a routine check-up confident that she came highly recommended on this forum. She examined her and to my dismay proceeded to inform me that my baby had symptoms of rickets! She then wrote her a prescription for calcium and vitamin d. I bought the supplements and began administering them to the baby much to her dismay, imagine 5mls twice a day and she absolutely hated the taste and would really resist. So i felt it was too much and decided to seek a 2nd opinion from professor were at uhmc. To my utter shock, he examines her and completely dismisses dr. Miriam's diagnosis and tells me to stop giving her the vitamins as it is unnecessary. He then adds how surprised he was at what she said especially since she was his student. You can imagine how upset i was that my daughter was misdiagnosed and forced to take unnecessary vitamins. For 1 week I had carried the burden that i was not vigilant enough in her care and made her get rickets. Bottom line is, always get a second opinion and don't put too much faith on one doctor. Must be different experiences but to me she has been fine. She sorted out my third born who was born underweight very well and within no time the baby was within the weight curve. @user, i guess it just goes to show that some doctors however good their intentions are still human and can make mistakes.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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Just out of curiosity, @user, what were you advised to do to normalize your baby's weight?
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