Audit show hospitals ill-equipped and understaffed

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu at Bunge Towers in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

With the advent of devolved units and decentralisation of the health sector, many expected services will improve.

But a report by the Office of the Auditor General paints a grim picture at the Level 4, 5, and 6 hospitals. Less than half of the 184 Level Four hospitals audited offer essential services surgery, paediatric, gynaecology and radiology.