Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Nick Ombati cries in pain, as an Occupational therapist, Felix Ongari, Massages his muscles to ease up Nicks muscles and  make them less numb, to him feel so that he may be able to carry on with his motor skills normally daily. The occupational therapist are about five in the hospital, and they receive about 40 patients per day, this pushes them to work for longer hours than expected , because its so hard for them to turn down the patients since most of them are children who can be made better for them to live a normal life. Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital. Kisii County, 8/27/2015, Occupational Therapy.
Bernard Ogendhi an Occupational therapist stretches the hands of Samuel Masereti who has weak muscles on his hands , to make them more active and hence be able to operate freely in the future without the help of others. Their are success stories according to Bernard, the patients that are able to have better motor skills and live their lives normally. Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisii county, 8/27/2015, Occupational Therapy.

Simon Omwami, an Occupational Therapist, at Kisii Teaching and referral Hospital attends to Jack Ongari, a child with weak muscles since birth. Jack visits the hospital thrice a week for therapy to help him better his motor skills,  and to be independent with his daily activities such as eating, playing etc. The lady with them is Jacks mother. Kisii county, Kisii teaching and refferal hospital Level five (Occupational Therapy Section) Image Created on the 8/27/2015. Series Title - Occupational Therapy.

Monday, 19 October 2015

Second chance to life






The belief that is in our minds when someone is terminally ill is of doubt, despair, hopelessness and full of all kinds of pain but all this changed since palliative care was realized. Palliative care gives a chance of smiles, a chance of healthy living, a chance to spend more time with loved ones, a chance to love, a chance be active financially, a chance to share unique experiences, a chance to help others with similar illnesses and a chance live beyond ones illness.
Palliative gives hope in situations hope seemed to have been lost.

Friday, 30 January 2015

Elepahnts arent they beautiful animals? If so lets stop this poaching nonsense