If your patient gets admitted at Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital in Nakuru, just know they might lie on the floor.
Simon Kipkorir, from Solai in Subukia, said he rested on the floor as different patients shared beds.
“The patient isn’t severely off; he has been taken care of. In any case, my stress was that he may get diseases by dozing on the floor where individuals upchuck. The floor is commonly not appealing to rest on,” his sibling Alexander Rutto said.
The office has a high number of patients in its wards, with some requiring medical procedures and others inserts.
Health official Kariuki Gichuki said the clog was an
John Tuwei, a patient, disclosed to The Standard he couldn’t bear to pay for medical procedure yet he was secured by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
“When I was conceded here, my condition was awful. My face had new wounds and lines that made individuals dread laying down with me. I delighted in, however subsequent to recuperating, I am not ready to extend and must be quick to abstain from being hurt by my bed-mate,” he said.
The emergency clinic serves patients from Nakuru, Bomet, Kericho, Samburu, Baringo, Nyandarua and Laikipia among others. No less than 2,000 patients are dealt with day by day, with 750 of them being inpatients.
The director Joseph Mburu said there was an inundation of patients at
Dr Mburu said absence of restorative protection spread added to the clog.
With 120 percent inhabitance, the orthopedic ward is the most influenced. It has no less than 71 patients, which is twofold the normal number of 36.