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Report unveils massive rot at Baringo hospital

Kabarnet County Referral Hospital in Baringo County. Joint committees of the county assembly have revealed massive irregularities at the facility, including having junior and inexperienced staff treating and issuing medicine to patients. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

Patients in need of surgical implants at Kabarnet County Referral Hospital are required to deposit money into a supplier’s bank account before they are attended to, a report has revealed.

The document presented to the county assembly on Tuesday by the joint county assembly committees of health services, and public investments and accounts further revealed untrained subordinate staff dispense drugs and attend to the sick.

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