Are our facilities well equipped to combat Ebola?

A construction of a building that will be used as Ebola isolation facility at Kenyatta National Hospital. [Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

Kenya’s first Ebola isolation facility built at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) grounds is expected to be opened in two weeks. The facility built quietly in less than two months, has been under tight security reflecting the urgency of a specialised unit to prepare Kenya in the event of an Ebola outbreak.

The Standard on Saturday learnt of the Sh100 million isolation unit as the government plans to send 115 medical health staff to West Africa in a move to prevent Ebola spread into the country. But some medical health staff are already faulting the move, citing the capacity of the facility and its location.