Nairobi, Feb. 16 -- Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has started a home care service as part of its commitment to reach patients who cannot come to the hospital to access quality healthcare.

The services offered under the initiative include among others, nursing care, physiotherapy, chemotherapy, doctor visits, counselling psychology, nutrition support, palliative care, collection of samples for laboratory testing, free delivery of medications, and wound care.

The home care service is part of AKUH's plan to decentralise services from the main hospital to the neighbourhoods and complement the outpatient network of 53 centres spread across Kenya and Uganda.

Currently, the services are available in Nairobi and its environs, with plans ...