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Concern over sorry state of ICU at referral hospital

The management of Kisumu’s main referral hospital has admitted that the intensive care unit strained due to underfunding.

Responding to allegations that patients were being made to buy supplies – from expensive medicines to tissue paper – Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital Chief Executive Officer Peter Okoth explained that the unit was operating on a slim budget.

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