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  • Kenya: Malaria outbreak reported in Marakwet

    Source: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2015/...akwet_c1265905

    Malaria outbreak reported in Marakwet
    By KNA
    Dec. 26, 2015, 12:00 pm

    Over 100 malaria patients in Kerio Valley have been treated and discharged in the last three days following an outbreak. Photo/File
    Over 100 malaria patients in Kerio Valley have been treated and discharged in the last three days following an outbreak. Photo/File

    Over 100 malaria patients in Kerio Valley, Marakwet East, have been treated and discharged in the last three days following an outbreak.

    Sister-in-charge at Endo Catholic Mission Hospital said they had received an overwhelming number of malaria patients forcing some to sleep on the floor as the wards lacked enough beds.

    ?We only have 27 bed capacity in the hospital against 57 patients who were admitted this morning at the facility,? sister Veronica Kasoa said on phone.

    She said more people were thronging the hospital for treatment...
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