Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has accused Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) of playing politics with the death of their colleague, the young Dr. Stephen Mogusu. Speaking during an interview, Kagwe acknowledged that it was unfortunate that the family had to lose their son at such a tender age.…
That not a coin of the Sh9.7 billion raised two years ago to fight Covid-19 has been utilised speaks to the shameful dereliction of duty by State officials.
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The demands made by healthcare workers and the solutions outlined, point at a human resources management problem.
The World Health Assembly designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife to honour their work and advance their vital role in transforming health care around the world.
In Kenya, however, nurses spent the better part of 2020 on strike, protesting poor working conditions, including failure by the government to provide them with adequate personal protective kits and medical insurance, particularly in the context of Covid-19 besides unfair pay, delayed salaries and unpaid dues.
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All over the world, frontline health workers have paid the ultimate price during the coronavirus pandemic. But in Kenya the story of one young doctor’s heroism has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Twenty eight year-old Stephen Mogusu died from Covid 19 in December 2020, after working on an isolation ward and complaining that he lacked adequate protective clothing. Despite his vital service, he hadn’t been paid a salary for five months. Stephen’s tragedy also exposes a wider malaise in Kenya’s health provision: A corruption scandal involving overpriced masks, aprons and other protective clothing. Meanwhile, across the country, a series of on-off strikes have disrupted care, as doctors, nurses and clinicians have made sporadic protests against alleged mismanagement and a devolved power structure they say is dysfunctional. For Assignment, Lucy Ash finds out what’s ailing Kenya’s healthcare system.