Governors push to have referral hospitals in every county

Chairman of the Council of Governors Peter Munya (right) flanked by Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma during a press conference in which they announced the establishing of budgets to upgrade county hospitals to referral status. [Photo:WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD]

County Governments have committed to upgrade most of the county hospitals to referral status to cut costs and reduce deaths in clinics.

Council of Governors chairman Peter Munya yesterday said many lives were lost as patients were moved to the two major referral hospitals in Eldoret and Nairobi.