Senate to probe the ills at Nanyuki Teaching and Referral
Hospital following the last week pressure from the public over the poor
services
By The
Mountain Journal Crew
Senate will
kickstart the process of probing operations at Nanyuki Teaching and Referral
Hospital following the death of a woman as medical staff held a birthday party
for their colleague.
Laikipia Senator John Kinyua
yesterday said he will compile a report, jointly with local Members of County
Assembly (MCAs) and forward it to Senate.
Mr Kinyua said he will channel
the report to the Senate Health Committee for probe to enable Laikipia people
get justice.
“I understand that MCAs have
inspected this hospital and have embarked on drafting a report. I will
cooperate with them in writing the report so that the same can be forwarded to
Senate,” Mr Kinyua said after conducting an impromptu tour to the
facility.
Photo/ Senator John Kinyua
Last Thursday, a section of MCAs
Majority Leader Joseph Kiguru toured the facility the facility and conducted an
inspection tour to unearth what transpired on that material day.
Kinyua asked Governor Ndiritu
Muriithi to prioritise the health sector and crack whip on incompetent staff,
noting that there has been delayed nation issuance of healthcare services.
“Even if we construct world class
roads for our people and fail to guarantee them quality healthcare, this will be
injustice. I urge the governor to prioritise healthcare so that we can avert
more deaths in our health facilities,” he said.
The county government has since
interdicted two medical attendants over the incident that took place on May
31, 2021, thus the need to re organisation of the laboratory department.
“From this investigation, as
much as this patient had multiple medical complications in our opinion, there
was a significant level of laxity and rudeness from our laboratory staff. This
is not acceptable and cannot be condoned, not in the county government of
Laikipia,” Ms health CEC Ms Rose Maitai said.
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