I thank God your family is intact.

The problem with us is that those who have money delude themselves that the money will come to their rescue in case of a medical emergency. Thats why we turn a blind eye to whats going on in public hospitals.

Who should have the right of way....the dead or the living? I think the living should be given priority.

Who's competing? Its not a case of either-or... both should be given right of passage

Do not be too hard on Kenya. We are where we are and in my opinion we are doing quite well. The thing people forget when they move from Kenya to western or other developed countries is that those countries have not always been as they are now. The institutions, cultures and wealth have taken decades and in some countries centuries to build. All you see is an ambulance that takes 7 minutes to get to your house. What you do not see is a well designed road and highway network, a wealthy society with laws that allow training of a skilled workforce that can survive doing one job a time, security etc. The service you enjoy is only the tip of an iceberg of cultural, political, technological advances that took a long time to build.

Anybody visiting the Western countries should first be struck at how young we are as a country. Kenya did not exist as a country or even a territory before the 1880s and then for 75 years was a colony... please note that we have been independent for a shorter time time than we were under British occupation. The constitutional debates we were having to the runup to 2010 were the kind of questions the US was having in the 1780s. You visit Universities in the US that were started in the 1700s and 1800s. These are agricultural, engineering and medical colleges and all that knowledge and workforce went to develop the places that people visit today and start abusing they mother country for being backward.

We have our problems, but we must work from where we are. Some things take time. Make sure your children are in a better place than you and you will have done your part.

Germany's state healthcare system is the oldest in Europe, dating back to the 1880s. Around 15% of people opt out of the state scheme for private health insurance, usually when they are younger, as premiums are lower.

Citizens pay into one of the 300 statutory state sickness funds through their payroll or bank. Payments are around 13% of gross earnings, although citizens can elect to switch funds to save on premiums with government blessing - people can even compare fund rates online.

Some funds operate on a pay-for-treatment-and reimburse basis, but some treatment centres - notably GPs and hospitals - have arrangements with local sickness funds to save patients paying.

Inpatient stay reimbursements are complex and are not based on treatments, a situation that has caused many experts to suggest health reforms (Gesundheitsreform).

Comparing healthcare contribution rate is made more complex because accident (Arbeitsunfallversicherung) and long-term care insurance (Pflegeversicherung) is usually bundled with health insurance by many funds.

The Federal Ministry of Health controls all aspects of state healthcare, with the ministry working directly with hospitals and GPs and with local council delegations in many city areas.

German hospitals operate under diverse ownership, with a mixture of state, private, mutual and friendly societies. Germans can visit any GP or specialist they wish - they can even walk into a specialist clinic off the street.

The unemployed are funded separately though the social fund or the AOKs (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse), the local funds of last resort, which cover about one-third of the population.

Sweden has radically different healthcare model to much of Europe: fully government funded and highly de-centralised. It is 70% funded by local taxes, with the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs establishing principles and guidelines for care at a national level.

But regionally, it is the countries' 21 councils that effectively control the healthcare system. The councils, known as municipalities are responsible for healthcare provision, particularly where community care and psychiatric services are involved. They are powerful organisations, also running water supplies and social welfare in their areas.

Not all treatment is free at the point of care, though 97% is government-funded. Patients pay a nominal fee at the point of care. Drug treatments are nominally charged subject to a capped rate of around £150 per year.

GP visits are also charged at around £12 per visit, although citizens can also visit private doctors at the same rate. A similar fee is levied on hospital outpatient visits. If patients register, they can also qualify for a capped rate of around £70 a year for GP and hospital healthcare. As in Belgium, dentistry is private, and is only partially funded by the state.