Board delegation on visit
In March of this year, board members Benjamin Pipa and Susanne Ganz traveled to Kenya. Kathrin and Rolf Ritter from Steinach on Lake Constance accompanied them.
Cost, insurance and technology
The Kenyan health care system is not comparable to that of Switzerland. Not every patient can afford treatment. Also, quite little technology is used. The government is training its employees to catch up.
Fight Sahara dust
My name is Andrew Kwoba Makokha. I am 62 years old and father of eight children. Five years ago, I got the chance to work as a gardener at Rhine Valley Hospital. The work gives me a lot of pleasure and I can learn a lot.
Untreated inflammation makes surgery necessary
The following article contains the case study of a 78 year old man. He lives in Kasambara, is a farmer and presented at Rhine Valley Hospital on January 2 with urethral problems.
Kwaheri means: goodbye
On Friday, February 8, around 200 guests bid farewell to Stephan Holderegger. The board of Rhein-Valley Hospital had invited to the memorial service in the "Sonnen"-Saal in Altstätten. The news portal rheintaler.ch reported on the event under the title: "Kwaheri means: goodbye".
Memorial service for Stephan Holderegger
On Friday, February 8, companions and relatives said farewell to Stephan Holderegger in "Sonnen"-Saal. He had died on January 2 after a long, serious illness. The board of the association of the same name had invited to the memorial service of the intitiate of the Rhine-Valley Hospital. About 200 guests paid tribute to the deceased and his life's work.
More and more women develop breast cancer
So-called diseases of civilization such as cancer are on the rise in Kenya. As a result, the medical staff at Rhine Valley Hospital created a breast cancer case study for a client. The patient is 52 years old, works as a farmer and lives in a camp for displaced people in Nakuru district.
Circumcision against AIDS
According to the WHO, male circumcision is considered AIDS prevention. Rhine Valley Hospital regularly performs surgeries to remove the foreskin. On the one hand, this reduces the risk of HIV infection in patients. On the other hand, medical personnel use the treatment to educate the population on how to avoid transmission of the virus. This is shown by the example of Kilonzo and Kevin.
Most often lacks health insurance
Ephantus Njoroge Njambi is 22 years old. At Rhine Valley Hospital, he works in administration, preparing the payment of salaries, insurance, taxes and pensions. He consults with Mama Matata as soon as patients are unable to pay for their treatment.
Well water prevents dysentery
Switzerland is once again experiencing a cold winter. In the Rhine Valley, temperatures are currently not rising above freezing. At night, the thermometer drops almost into the double-digit minus range. Snowy mountains and black ice on the sidewalks may make us forget that it is very hot in Kenya right now. In Kasambara-Gilgil it is currently 30 degrees in the shade.
