{"id":181484,"date":"2025-09-11T11:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=181484"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:55","slug":"coschappers-pranet-en-juulia-in-kenia-wat-ons-het-meest-raakt-is-de-toewijding-van-de-artsen-aan-vrouwen-met-genitale-fistels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/09\/11\/coschappers-pranet-en-juulia-in-kenia-wat-ons-het-meest-raakt-is-de-toewijding-van-de-artsen-aan-vrouwen-met-genitale-fistels\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical interns Pranet and Juulia in Kenya: \u2018What moves us most is the dedication of doctors to women with genital fistulas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical students Pranet and Juulia are spending the summer in Kenya. There, they provide information about female genital mutilation, menstruation and contraception, while also working in the local hospital for their internship. For EM, they are keeping a diary.<\/p>\n

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Pranet (left) and Juulia during their visit to the Kapenguria Hospital.<\/span><\/p>

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Day 13 \u2013 Visit to Kapenguria Hospital and Terry\u2019s home<\/h2>
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In the waiting room of Kapenguria hospital.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cIn the waiting room, the price lists and waiting time for the services are displayed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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Our internship supervisor, Paul Mertens, played an important role in setting up Kapenguria Hospital. Today, we are given a tour by Michael Lotekori, a doctor who will be visiting Erasmus MC in November.<\/p>\n

The differences between Kapenguria Hospital and the Dutch hospitals we know are striking. This hospital has several clinics and departments. On arrival, patients can arrange health insurance if they wish, before taking a seat in the packed waiting room to register. Emergency patients are triaged there and may sometimes be referred directly to a specialist, without first seeing an emergency doctor.<\/p>\n

During our round, we see a patient who turns out to be a prisoner. He is lying in a bed in the middle of a shared ward, undergoing thyroid surgery for an infection. He is guarded by five soldiers; three stand around his bed with guns, one guards the outer door and another is stationed outside by the exit.<\/p>\n

After our hospital visit, our supervisor Terry Chepyatich and her husband James Kietch welcome us warmly at their home. Terry has prepared our favourite dishes: chapati, minji, cabbage, potato and pumpkin.<\/p>\n

James is passionate about music. Jokingly, he tells us he dreams of a career as a dj. He even has an artist name: dj Skyd. After dinner he puts on Jamaican music and says that next time we will see him on stage in the Netherlands \u2013 with braids. He even promises to grant our request for pink ones.<\/p>\n

How did they meet? When 26-year-old Terry was standing by a river, 29-year-old James saw her and said: \u201cYou look good, baby.\u201d Terry wisely ran home, after which James followed her but was turned away by her parents. He waited five years, and after Terry finished her studies he finally got their permission to marry her.<\/p>\n\n\t

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