Barely three days after three patients succumbed to Covid-19, Shalom Community Hospital, Athi River has been given the all clear siganals to resume normal operations.
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INTERVENTION
This decision, according to Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Council (KMPDC) CEO Daniel Yumbya, is based on a report issued on Monday to the council and the Machakos County Government.
Among the conditions issued to the hospital is that the hospital’s management must ensure fumigation and disinfection of the entire facility prior to resumption of operations and availability of PPE’s for health workers.
QUARANTINED
All health workers who tested positive for COVID-19 were ordered by KMPDC to be quarantined in a special ward within the facility in line within the ministry guidelines while patients who turned positive in the facility were transferred to Kangundo Level 4 Hospital.
Dr Yumbya further directed all security officers deployed at the facility to vacate the premises while over 100 patients who had been admitted for various illnesses were allowed to proceed for 14-day self-quarantine.
BLAME GAME
In the last presser regarding this issue by Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua, out of the 139 samples collected from the facility by end of last week, 16 had turned positive with six of them being health workers and one of them a laboratory technician.
Mutua had blamed the facility’s management for allowing health care workers to operate without PPEs while dealing with suspected COVID-19 cases.
In his last statement, the Governor had said that “Great concern with Shalom’s operations arose after a patient died in a general ward of COVID-19. My officers ordered quarantining of the ward of 26 for two weeks."
The County Chief said that Shalom hospital further admitted an additional 4 patients into the quarantined ward exposing them to danger.
COVID-19 ALERT
Stay at home if you feel unwell. If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance. Follow the directions of your local health authority. (Source: World Health Organization)
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