Governor Gideon Mung'aro tours ailing hospital, vows to fix rot in county healthcare

Kilifi Medical Complex. [File, Standard]

"We have one of the best hospitals in the region dubbed the Kilifi County Medical Complex with state-of-the-art theatres and equipment. A patient in Kilifi will not need to travel outside for specialised treatment," said Mr Kingi. He added that the facility provides critical services such as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), High Dependency Unit (HDU) and dialysis. "I can say I am leaving a county that can take care of itself in terms of healthcare," Kingi said.

Kingi challenged Governor Gideon Mung'aro to equip the medical complex and other facilities in the county instead of going for new buildings.

Mr Mung'aro, who visited the two facilities, came face to face with patients with huge hospital bills. He promised to address the matter.

"We have seen the old wing which has a lot of challenges such as lack of medicine and it is too old for use. We have also toured the new wing. More needs to be done," he said.

The governor is banking on the swearing-in of the Kilifi Members of County Assembly who will then pass a supplementary budget to fix gaps in the Health sector.

"I'm waiting for MCAs to be sworn in so that we can prepare a supplementary budget to cater for things that are critical for this hospital and the others," he said.

On beds, he said: "We will consult the hospital management to see if patients at the old wing can be moved to the new wing since there are empty beds there."

Mungaro added: We are also going to purchase machines, and patients should not be retained in the hospital because of bills. We want to ensure that residents do not travel outside the county for medical services."