Paliative care offers cancer patients degree of comfort

An insert in a major Daily newspaper headlines a story on how hospice offers relief to the growing number titled Coping with Cancer.

The writer looks at the story of Truphena, a hospice patient who endured much after diagnosis of stomach cancer and lost hope of living anymore to the extent of arranging for her sister to take care of four siblings after she was gone.

Thanks to hospice care, Truphena is a strong and charming adviser to patients at Nairobi hospice for the four years that she has received support from the facility.

Read the full story by Lonah Kibet.