Wednesday, 7 February 2024
10 Machakos Inspectorate suspects released on bond
Sunday, 4 February 2024
Top health officials moved amid deep rot, drama in L5 hospital
Understanding the drift
facing all public hospitals
Dirty linen at the hospital |
Letter from Dr Nzomo |
Friday, 2 February 2024
Services in Machakos Hospital go into a coma amid drama,denials
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Wavinya's askaris ordered detained for five days
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Panic in county Government as Level 5 ICU,Theatre shut down
By Martin Masai
CRITICAL units of the Machakos Referral Hospitals have closed down in a dramatic sign of things gone wrong in health provision under Governor Wavinya Ndeti.
Gov Wavinya and Mr Kuyu
The latest to close down is the theatre- where the Head of the General Surgery Dr George Orerah announced disruption of daily theatre operations until Governor Wavinya's government provides basic theatre supplies.
It comes as reports emerged that the hospital mortuary has closed down,coupled with the collapse of a unit that washes hospital linen and theatre stuff.
The closure comes a week after the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital shut down due to shortage of critical care supplies.
The basic supplies include gloves, sterile drapes, sterile gauzes and Sutures. Dr Orerah, in a memo to all departments of the hospital headlined " Frequent Disruptions of Essential Theatre Supplies" said that theatre elective lists will be cancelled every 9am " should the essential theatre supplies not be available"
He said patients will not be requested to purchase their own supplies outside the hospital because the facility is routinely expected to provide the basiscs then bill patients when they are being discharged.
The memo is copied to the Medical Superintendent - Dr. Nzomo, notwithstanding swirling reports that he has been demoted, and the Head of Clinical Services. It is dated January 29,2024.
The ICU closure was announced on January 24,2024 in a memo from Consultant Anaesthologist Dr Veronica Mutinda, addressed to the Medical Superintendent Dr Nzomo.
Dr Mutinda announced the interruption of services at the critical life support unit adding that they are unable to offer critical services in the ICU. The letter arrived at Dr Nzomo's Desk, prompting him to remark " Very unfortunate, to escalate it to Director of Medical Services and CO - Medical Services Dr Miyenda.
Reports also emerged of frosty relations between hospital top brass, ministry Chief Officers and the political establishment who are working at daggers-drawn, whose result is a collapsing health sector.
Dr Mutinda said there was a complete stock out of Breathing Circuits, items for Blood Gas Analysis, Perfusor Lines, Catheter mounts, Bacterial Filters for Ventilators and HME and Bacterial Filters.
So what is the trouble at Machakos Referal Hospital?
Health CECM Dr Daniel Yumbya declined to comment and promised to issue a comprehensive statement on Friday.
A source told The Anchor that problems are coming from the Government structure set up by Governor Ndeti that has ensured a centralised procurement for all government services.
It transpires that the Minister for Finance- Muia Kuyu calls all government departments to inquire about their procurement needs- then he starts processes that never seem to end- leading to delays in purchase of critical supplies.
More to follow....
Email: theanchoreditor@gmail.com
Monday, 29 January 2024
Scott University closed down
Saturday, 27 January 2024
Gov.Ndeti loyalists take charge in top 40 revenue collection points
Thursday, 25 January 2024
63 schools get food aid
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Questions over Ndeti's ECD Milk
What was launched last week as a great milestone for Machakos County may well become the newest White Elephant in the Wavinya Ndeti government.
Gov. Wavinya during the launchDubbed a unique program- ‘Maziwa ya Mama’, Feeding the Future, the surely
one-of-a-kind project aims to
feed, energize and enhance the health of children as they pursue
education in all 63 ECDE Centres in
Machakos County.
As she launched the project at
Mavoko, Wavinya likened it to the Maziwa
ya Nyayo, a Moi era milk plan that not only served to retain children in
school, but also prevented malnutrition among children especially those from
Arid and semi-arid regions.
Governor Wavinya claimed the programme would boost the earnings of dairy
farmers who, she further alleged, will supply the milk and live up to her
campaign mantra of 'Chakula Mezani,
Pesa Mfukoni'. No single farmer has been contracted to provide even a liter
of milk.
As we went to press, teachers
were in Mumbuni Location were being urged to collect milk supply from Manza
Primary School, meaning that transport to the schools will not be forthcoming.
She further said the project
would provide business opportunities to
investors in the transport
sector as they will get a chance to deliver milk across the County.
However, questions are
lingering over the total budget for the ECD milk project, the source of both
the money and the milk. Even as she launched the project to cheering officials
and children at Kyemutheke Polytechnic, details as to the scope, funding, sustainability,
procurement, packaging and farmer’s involvement were scanty.
Not even an invitation to
Wavinya’s Chief of Staff Lawrence Ngovi to shed light on the matter has helped
lift the lid on the project. This was the request for information “ Hello, COS.
Please let me know the total budget for the ECD milk programme, the number of
ECDs, and the source of the milk. Please also indicate who is packaging the
milk, the cost, and the duration of the programme.
You may add any other relevant
information that the county government of Machakos would want to share
about the project. The Anchor will update when a response is provided.
Observers fear that the ECD
Milk project may go the same way as the ECD Feeding Programme that Wavinya
launched last year. It ended before most schools could get one day’s supply of
food.
The Governor, a beneficiary of
the Moi plan said the generation that benefitted from the Maziwa Ya Nyayo scheme today forms a
bigger part of the present-day leaders and taxpayers in Kenya. “It is now time
to join hands and give back to the society. What a better way to do that than
to give our children the milk…”
Ladies
and Gentlemen,
Wavinya said the programme is
expected to increase enrollment, boost
nutrition among our children as well as improve their health and general
wellbeing.
The governor said the milk will be delivered weekly to all
schools at no cost to the
parents and urged the teachers and other caregivers to keep off the milk and
ensure proper storage to avoid
contamination.
Monday, 22 January 2024
Buglers raid county hospital again!
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