Nyeri residents will enjoy free esophageal cancer screening for the next 30 days after the County Department of Health partnered with the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) to deliver a mobile endoscopy tower truck.
The truck, which was flagged off on Monday by the county governor Dr Mutahi Kahiga and KUTRRH acting chief executive officer Dr Zeinab Gura, came fitted with an endoscopy machine and cancer specialists who will be conducting the diagnostic procedure on the residents.
According to Dr Gura, the one-month free screening project is part of an ongoing esophageal cancer study in the county which is being undertaken jointly by KUTRRH, the University of Manchester, the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, National Cancer Institute and Kenya Medical Research Institute.
She noted that successful implementation of the study will provide the basis for new approaches in the management of the disease.
