Mku_Medical Laboratory Students' Association

OBTAINING CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLE FROM AN ADULT. (finger-stick). Capillary sample is a blood sample collected by pricking the skin. Capillaries are tiny blood vessels near the surface of the skin. @HsaMku @MKUDESA1 @KRC_MKUChapter @mkumsa2014 . Thread;

When this appears on your screen Retweet only #BanRutoAtUNGA79

Congratulations #classof2024 on finishing medical school! As you step into this next chapter, may you continue to find success and fulfilment. We wish you all the best in your exciting journey ahead.

Hemolytic Markers in Blood and Urine

Sarcasm 🤡

Impressive milestone! KUTRRH sets the bar high with the first-ever TEVAR procedure in a public hospital. 👏🏥 #HealthcareInnovation

The medical profession is on the brink of extinction The professionals who are supposed to advise the government have been subdued We must resist this and save the medical profession #doctorsstrike #postmedicalinterns

Fact Check: Dear Young Medic, The writing is on the wall. It will be messy, before the dust settles. As you wait for the dust to settles, Explore your passion aside from medicine/pharmacy/nursing/dentistry etc. 🧶

Despite our openness to discussions and negotiations, it's disheartening that our government has abandoned the negotiation table, failing its citizens. The ongoing doctors' strike highlights their disregard for public health. It's not the doctors on strike, it's the government.

Metabolic health is the next big thing in the realisation of universal health coverage

We were taught that type 2 diabetes was the disease of adults and type 1 diabetes was a children's disease,we are now seeing 5 year old with type 2 diabetes due to excessive consumption of refined processed foods and sugars

@whotfamar explain the emergency response for accident

I dare you paste the last thing you copied 👀

@d_ogera The irony.

'The “goodness of the doctor/nurse”, whether the patient measures it by the level of passion, mercy, empathy, time, and heart that might have accompanied the treatment is not measured in times of seeking justice.'

Turkanas are good people. One resident tells me the MAIN reasons they clash is because CLASHING and ANIMAL RAIDING is their CULTURE and 2ndly RESOURCES both Natural and manmade e.g. rain 🌧️ scarcity to grow grazing lands & marginalisation respectively contribute to their conflict.

@WangilaMa50810 @_eliaschirchir @DialogueHealth @HsaMku @MKUDESA1 @MKUSA_OFFICIAL @Sani_mkube @Wanjikumuriit14 @its_Damah @m_mosejames @MountKenyaUni Thank you 😊.

@254Mkumlsa @_eliaschirchir @DialogueHealth @HsaMku @MKUDESA1 @MKUSA_OFFICIAL @Sani_mkube @Wanjikumuriit14 @its_Damah @m_mosejames @MountKenyaUni Bravo MKU MLS😊

Early diagnosis of sickle cell disease is crucial for effective management and improved outcomes. It's important for newborn to do screening and individuals with a family history of SCD should get tested. #MedTwitter #SickleCellDay

DON'T FORGET THE PROCEDURED: 1. Confirm patients identity. 2. Selection of lancet and collection tube. 3. Material assembling. 4. Hygiene. 5. Putting gloves. 6. Site selection. 7. Wiping and collecting blood. 8. Disposal. You can share:twitter.com/254Mkumlsa?s=20

On this day of #WorldBloodDonorDay, we're happy to be having a blood drive at @MountKenyaUni Thika Main Campus. Join us today 14th and tomorrow 15th as we "Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often.”

Stool cultures of a patient with acute diarrhoea showing “smiling face” organisms. What’s the diagnosis?

@MKUSA_OFFICIAL 👏👏

Mount Kenya University’s College of Health Sciences offers innovative programmes for health workers, which incorporate new discoveries, evolving knowledge and technologies required to be a 21st century health worker in an integrated healthcare system. #EnrollwithMKU