The official opening of a new building for the Kisumu Hospice and Palliative Care Centre in Nyanza Province in Kenya on 1st November 2012 will always be a memorable day for Kisumu town.
Nyanza Province, where the hospice is located, has a population of about 5 million people, with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates, estimated at 15 percent. Kaposi Sarcoma and cancer of the cervix are among the common cancers reported in the Province.
The Centre, hosting 41 patient rooms, hopes to eventually offer radiotherapy and chemotherapy services as well as working with various oncology specialists in the hospital.
At the opening, Chairman of Kisumu Hospice, Dr Julius Onyango, noted his plan to address the sustainability of the facility saying, “We intend to rent out some of the rooms to doctors so as to generate funds for the hospice…”
Read a full version of the article on the Kenya edition of ehospice.
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