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Stop Politicising Dr Mogusu s Death - Kagwe to Doctors
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Addressing the media at a press briefing, May 2020.
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Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has asked the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) to stop politicising the death of Dr Stephen Mogusu.
Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV, Kagwe acknowledged that it was unfortunate that the family had to lose their son at such a tender age.
He, however, accused the union of politising the doctor s death, terming it as disgusting .
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe addressing the media on November 26, 2020
File When the union was saying that the doctor had not been paid. Yes, there was a delay in their payment given the terms of their engagement, but we did pay them and we have paid them.
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Patients and public health workers yesterday united apart in a day of tears: The medics bidding farewell to one of their own felled by coronavirus as their patients writhed in pain.
Hospitals remained deserted after doctors joined nurses and clinical officers in their strike.
Patients agonised as doctors officially declared job boycott at the burial of Dr Stephen Mogusu, who until his death was fighting Covid-19 at Machakos Level Five Hospital.
His colleagues say he lost the war to the virus because the government failed to listen to their pleas to improve working conditions – including providing protective gear, life and medical covers, promotions and recruiting more doctors.
THE STANDARD
The late Dr Stephen Mogusu and his wife Dr Jackline Wanjiru [Courtesy]
Dr Stephen Mogusu s widow has been offered a job opportunity in Kisii County.
Dr Jackline Wanjiru will report to the Department of Health Services, according to the County Secretary and Head of Public Service, Patrick Lumumba.
Addressing mourners at Iranda Primary School grounds Kisii, Lumumba said the County had received several applications but has considered Wanjiru for the vacancy.
The late Dr Stephen Mogusu was buried on Monday at Iranda village, Kisii County.[Sammy Omingo,Standard] This is an assurance from Governor James Ongwae that the widow will join Kisii County s work force. We condole with the bereaved family and pray that God intervenes and gives her and the child a better future.
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Summary
Dr Mogusu was not the first of Kenya’s frontline workers to die because of Covid-19, which brought to light the dangers that health workers are exposed to in their efforts to save lives during the ongoing pandemic.
However, the circumstances surrounding his death raised fundamentally questions about the nature of our society and the state of health care.
All citizens are supposed to receive equal treatment, access same level of services and feel valued. Over a week ago, this basic tenet was challenged when the news of Dr Stephen Mogusu’s death as result of Covid-19 hit the country. While in life not many people may have known of the 28-year-old doctor, his death brought him to public recognition and discourse.