Public hospitals lack capacity to fight rising Covid-19 cases



Nation | by Samwel Owino


Public hospitals in Kenya lack capacity and personnel to handle the rapidly increasing cases of coronavirus and sustaining the universal health coverage (UHC), a new report by the Ministry of Health says.

The report that was tabled at the Senate Health Committee by Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi ranks human resource the lowest in the many categories.

Some 1,887 hospitals of all levels were assessed between September and October 30 by a team comprising 152 officers under the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council…

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