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Just to share my experience.

my daughter of 3 joined school this term. as usual, she got a cold and i took her to Getrudes where she was given an antibiotic. well the cold didn't stop and after a week, went back and was given another antibiotic on the basis, new strains of bacteria will keep infecting her. The third time i demanded to see a consultant who besides loading me with antibiotics, gave me inhalers. Meanwhile, i was looking for a respectable paedtician. After a few days, i had to visit hospital at 2 pm with a persistent favour. the next day my daughter was admitted at nairobi hospital after X-ray diagnosis by Dr Joy Mpaata .

To cut story short, those docs at getrudes gave my daughter underdose in both instances of "augementing" and zinnat. Bacteria grow resistant turning to Pneumonia. A simple cold to pneumonia. Some throat glands are still swollen but she is doing well. And they are kids specialist? Anyway i discovered getrudes is the first learning place for fresh doc. who want to specialise in paediatrics AND kids prescription are rather difficult

Great that you sought help elsewhere before it got too late. May she get well very fast.

ive realised if u take u child there his or her life is changed from home to hospital to drugs.

Getrudes hospital needs to shape up...once a new children's hospital come up,I assure you they might close down.However sometimes you may find a very good doctor who will treat your child very well but other times..you end up cursing them..

persistent favour = fever?

Hii ni ugonjwa gani ya watoto?

all those doctors you find in Gertrudes are GP's and especially the satellite clinics.
The few pediatricians they have work in Gerts Muthaiga and handle IP cases only.
The perception is because Gerts is a children hospital,it has only pediatricians,which is not the case.

What is annoying is that,the hospital is driven by surplus generation other than charity as it purports to do.All children are given high value products and especially if you have an insurance cover.These items (esp antibiotics) are the main cause of resistance.

My advise is always take your child to one consultant paedtrician whenever they are unwell. After all consultation is 2K which you drink in one sitting every now and then.

very true...last year I had a terrible experience with the one next to Nakumatt Embakasi, the mamas at the front desk or whatever are so rude and arrogant...my son was admitted at Aga Khan..thank God he is fine now

Your baby will be okay..

Yaani Getrudes is this bad, like everybody who has visited has a complaint to make!!!!

If you want your child to die sooner than later, take her/him to Getrudes Children's Hospital. You would rather throw the kid into a trench and walk away. The staff their will actually organize to have you lose you baby is for whatever reason they feel you are behaving aloof, more knowledgable or they simply don't like you.