Rethinking Neuroscience.

By Lorraine Anyango Accompanied by Dr. Aappolonia Aoko, Deputy Branch, Chief for programs, CDC Kenya, they held deliberations with JOOTRH’s CEO Dr. George Rae in the company of members of the hospital management Team and doctors working at the hospital as well. Dr. Harsh who is the spouse to Her Excellency Margaret Cushing Whitman, the
Read more
No Comments

Welcoming ‘Newbies’

By Jeremiah Ongili and Beryl Okendo. In keeping with its mandate of being a teaching facility, the management of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) held a sensitization workshop to equip new interns, volunteers, and attaches seeking to acquire practical skills relating to their respective fields of study. Clinical practice/attachment is an integral
Read more
No Comments

Cone gardening changing the lives of Women Living with Disabilities in Kisumu

Food security among persons living with disabilities is critical in enabling the development of local, sustainable, and resilient urban food systems. Meet Madam Caroline a beneficiary of the cone garden from Kisumu West Sub County who outlines the benefits she has reaped since the establishment of a cone garden in her homestead. Caroline admits that
Read more
No Comments

Us Ambassador to Kenya Visits Kisumu In Her First Assignment Outside Nairobi

By Matilda Atieno Kisumu Governor earlier today hosted the US ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman in an official visit to the county government of Kisumu. The visit is the first outside Nairobi and her first official visit in the county. During this visit, the Ambassador held talks with Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o and thereafter
Read more
No Comments

support groups for sickle cell

By Lorraine Anyango. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) is working towards partnering with the Tumaini Sickle cell Organization in creating support groups for people living with sickle cell disease (PLSCD). Several support groups (SG) are to be formed in categories including Parents of children (Aged 0-8):  This group consists mainly of new
Read more
No Comments

Disposal of Unclaimed Bodies.

By Lorraine Anyango Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has issued a notice for the disposal of unclaimed lying at the hospital’s mortuary. The notice signed by the Chief Executive Officer, JOOTRH Dr. George Rae states in part ‘Notice is hereby given to the general public that all bodies that have overstayed at
Read more
No Comments

Together in the Fight Against Sickle cell

By Lorraine Anyango Jaramogi Onginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) is spearheading a multi-sectorial approach to forging a way forward for combating sickle cell in the region. Part of the mandate of this new move is to establish a sickle cell support group for people living with sickle cell and their families at JOOTRH.
Read more
No Comments

Improved learning Environment for Interns

By Lorraine Anyango Consultants working at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) held a meeting with the hospital’s management to streamline the internship process and experience at the facility. The meeting brought to speed the national guidelines from the Kenya Medical and Dentist Board Practitioners Council (KMDPC) and reviewed the internship training guidelines.
Read more
No Comments

Promoting Employment Opportunities and Agriprenuership among Youth and Women in East Africa

Youths and Women in Agribusiness drawn from Kisumu, Siaya and Kakamega Counties today converged for a 3-day training on Business Development Services Program held at the Acacia Hotel in Kisumu Courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organization. The project dubbed Promoting Employment Opportunities and Agriprenuership among Youth and Women, funded by Japan Government and being implemented
Read more
No Comments