Sicily: Leased Medical equipment are unused in 30 Hospitals

Health CS Sicily Kariuki when she appeared before the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the medical leasing equipment at Parliament on October 22, 2019. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Some of the leased medical equipment supplied to county hospitals through the Managed Equipment Service (MES) programme are yet to be operational, the Senate has been told.

The National Government supplied the medical equipment worth Sh63 billion to 30 health facilities in 27 counties.