'From bad to worse': drought puts Kenya's hospitals under pressure

New mothers at a rural hospital running out of water and power tell of their struggles as health workers leave for safer areasRead more: A future at risk: drought forces Kenya's camel herders to leave their homesThe morning rounds at Modogashe hospital in Lagdera do not take long. Most of the rooms opening on to its narrow hallway are empty. "We don't get that many patients these days," says Saveria Njoki, the head of nursing. Only three patients were on the ward that day, and none would be staying very long.According to a local official, patient numbers in Lagdera - a district in Garissa County, in the east of Kenya - have dropped from nearly 12,000 in 2019 to just over 8,000 last year, as people move away in search of water. Continue reading...