By Ken Cornetta | Project Leader
This update is from Colleen Brown !!!
Happy 2019, and thank you for your continued support of the MTRH Palliative Care program in Eldoret, Kenya. The program continues to expand and serve more seriously ill adult and pediatric patients and their families. We ended 2018 with a visit from another North American Palliative Care Fellow, Dr. Gregory Pelc, from the IU Palliative Medicine Program and Dr. Colleen Brown, from St Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. We were able to spend a few weeks working with the MTRH team in Eldoret. Additionally, they joined Dr. Joe and Sarah Ellen Mamlin at a community celebration and tree planting for the new Kimbilio Care Centre, the new hospice and palliative care center in Eldoret. It is modeled on their original hospice center in Kipkaren, Kenya, however will also allow for more care options for patients, including seriously ill patients from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and the Indiana University based AMPATH program. Additionally, when they complete the final construction phase, they will also be able to provide short-term housing for learners and ambulatory patients or family members to stay near the hospital when loved ones are hospitalized at MTRH, or for patients who may need outpatient therapy yet live far away.
Overall in 2018, we had seven different physicians from all over the US spend almost six months working alongside our Kenyan Palliative Care colleagues in this mutually beneficial medical exchange. We are excited to continue this collaboration throughout 2019, as we continue to support the local team through staff changes, including longtime nurse, Phanice Jepkembio, retiring and Dr. Millicent Korir resigning to pursue advanced training in Psychology; and the addition of their newest team member, Divina Rotto, RN. We continue to grow our presence in the surgical wards and the Pediatric Hospital, and look forward to additional opportunities to partner our North American and Kenyan colleagues to enhance the education and clinical insights of all of our teams.
Everyone who visit appreciates your continued support!!
By Ken Cornetta | Project Leader
By Kenneth Cornetta | Project Leader
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