Mercy Chelangat

Nairobi

Fact Checker, Science and Climate Reporter at Nation Africa

God's child//Author//Factchecker, Science & Climate reporter @NationAfrica//2024 AJEA Governance Reporting Winner

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Articles

Counties intimidate doctors as patients left to die

1 week ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat |Shaban Makokha

Kiambu and Kakamega counties have resorted to threatening striking doctors with summary dismissal unless they return to work immediately, even as patients continue to suffer. A circular from the Kiambu County government signed by County Secretary John Maingi gives an ultimatum to the over 300 striking doctors. In Kakamega, the county has since advertised the doctors’ positions, terming them vacant.
Doctors’ anguish: Constant transfers, broken careers and families

1 week ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat

Imagine being a highly trained specialist doctor, only to be moved from one hospital to another every few weeks without warning or reason. Your children must constantly change schools, your family cannot settle anywhere, and your advanced medical skills are wasted in facilities that don't need your expertise. Why are we doing this story? This story is crucial because it unearths a deeply troubling and often hidden aspect of the ongoing healthcare crisis in counties.
Patients suffer as doctors in 3 counties go on strike

1 week ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat

Thousands of patients across Marsabit, Kakamega and Kiambu counties have been left without medical care after over 1,000 doctors went on strike. Expectant mothers are unable to access safe delivery services, children with life-threatening conditions have been turned away while patients with chronic diseases continue to miss critical treatment. In Kakamega, patients have endured four weeks without proper medical attention as doctors downed their tools.
Wagonjwa hatarini madaktari katika kaunti tatu wakigoma

1 week ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Mercy Chelangat

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Bonge la mgomo vyama 8 vya wahudumu wa afya vikitoa notisi

2 weeks ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Mercy Chelangat

VYAMA vikuu vinane vya wafanyakazi wa afya nchini vimepatia serikali muda wa siku 14 kutimiza matakwa yao, vikionya kuwa kutakuwa na mgomo wa kitaifa iwapo wafanyakazi wa Mpango wa Huduma ya Afya kwa Wote (UHC) hawataajiriwa kwa ajira za kudumu na pensheni.
Eight unions warn of disruption in hospitals nationwide if UHC medics are not hired

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat

Eight major healthcare unions have issued the government with a decisive 14-day ultimatum, threatening a coordinated nationwide strike unless programme workers in the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme are offered permanent employment with pension benefits.
After putting their lives on the line, neglected medics now driven to suicide

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat

In 2020, the shadow of COVID-19 descended upon the world with merciless force. A sinister virus, invisible yet devastatingly present, tore through communities, leaving grief in its wake. The dead were sealed in airtight caskets, their final journeys witnessed by ghostly figures in hazmat suits whose expressionless masks completed the clinical choreography of pandemic burials. The rituals of mourning collapsed under health protocols.
Lingering hurdles in malaria elimination efforts, and how to win the war

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat

What you need to know:In Africa, the main challenge is inadequate funding for malaria vaccines, withdrawal of historical financial supporters, and lack of political will. Malaria remains a significant public health threat in Africa, which bears the highest burden of the disease globally.
Why must we beg for the care we provide others? Sick medics plead

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat

In the corridors of Kenyatta National Hospital, where life and death dance in delicate balance, Dr Ndege Chacha moved with purpose each day. His skilled hands brought new life into the world, but when illness crept into his own body, the system he served so faithfully turned its back on him; a cruel paradox that would ultimately claim his life.
Why your potato meal could contain toxic pesticides

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Mercy Chelangat |Waikwa Maina

For 15 years now, Zipporah Atieno’s life has revolved around sizzling potatoes, hitting hot oil. Before dawn breaks over Mukuru Kwa Njenga's corrugated rooftops, her practiced hands are already at work—setting up her modest grocery stall, coaxing flames to life beneath her well-worn jiko, and preparing the day's offerings (chips) which are priced from Sh20 to Sh50. They are affordable comfort, quick sustenance for labourers heading to construction sites, and children on their way to school.