Death lurk as only 155 ICU beds in public hospitals

A patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Kabarnet County Hospital on August 24, 2018. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Patients requiring emergency medical attention have to scramble for limited Intensive Care Unit (ICU) services.

Although the Government has spent billions of shillings to equip 98 hospitals with modern infrastructure, data on the controversial Sh38 billion Managed Equipment Service (MES) reveal that the country has only 155 ICU beds against a population of about 44 million.