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Safe Kids
Safe Kids Are they just accidents or preventable occurrences? According to the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013, sub-Saharan Africa experiences 24 road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants....
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Gertrude's Children's Hospital Magazine Feature
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital was founded in 1947, with the donation of land by Colonel Ewart Grogan, pioneer extraordinaire, in memory of his beloved wife, Gertrude Edith. Now fronted by CEO Gordon...
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Safety is a priority for anyone who regularly takes care of young children. Whether it’s installing stair gates to prevent falls or using electrical socket covers to avoid shocks, every caregiver goes...
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Baby Chelsea gets to smile
Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation has worked with Smile Train for years to help children who are born with a cleft palate.Damaris and Maxwell are the parents to Chelsea Namikoye. They are blessed with...
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Hope for Elijah as Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation Gives a Hand
The sun’s rays shine on the wall in a room at the Child Development Centre, Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital. Rachel Mula carries her nephew Elijah Maundu Kasina into the room and smiles and gestures...
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Baby Pharrell undergoes free Open Heart Surgery, another first for the...
It is estimated that out of 40 million Kenyans, 12,000 are born with heart disease. Over 6,000 of these are in need of open heart surgery. The Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation saw the need to intervene...
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Reconstructive surgery returns 10 year old’s self esteem
Peter was born to Elijah Njiri Macharia and Jerucha Wanjiru. Jerucha, passed away on 22 Jan 2004 when he was 3 months old. It is suspected that the cause of death was malnourishment and ill-health...
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Partnering with Cisco, Orange Kenya and Kenyatta University
The Gertrude’s Hospital foundation in partnership with Cisco, Orange –Telcom and Kenyatta University school of medicine is testing modern telemedicine technology to be used very soon. The 2 year...
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The Foundation rescues Esther while seeking safer roads for our children
Esther Moraa is a young vibrant 8 year old girl who has experienced a life changing situation that would affect a person of any age. On the fateful morning of 3rd September 2014, Esther rode safely...
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Growth Hormone Deficiency is Rectified by Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation
When Jackson Macharia was born, he seemed a healthy normal baby boy who had his whole life ahead of him. He was energetic and a typical infant until he was one month old. Then he began experiencing...
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Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation Involved in Road Safety Advocacy
Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Eng Amb. M. Maalim, M.P On Monday 17th of November, the Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation participated in a public stakeholder forum at the...
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Gertrude's Hospital Foundation seeks to help Martin
They say being a teenager is the most difficult period in one’s life. There are so many changes in the body and hormones.As teenagers begin to assert their independence and find their own identity,...
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Partners of the Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation are honoured.
The Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation hosted all its development partners for an appreciation lunch at the main hospital in Muthaiga. The aim of the luncheon was to show gratitude to the various...
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Isabella takes a ride on the Smile Train
Young Isabella Ntasekwa was born in Samburu County to an underage mother named Napuno Lolmongoi who is 15 years old. Isabella was born with a hole in the heart and underwent surgery on December 6th at...
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Advocating for 30 kph near Schools and Hospitals, how the Foundation is involved
On 3rd March 2015, the Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation led a joint press conference to request for the review of a proposal to increase the speed limit around schools and Health facilities from 30...
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