Embu MCAs want hospital turned into parastatal to generate own cash

The MCAs who spoke on Tuesday, just hours after doctors went on strike over pay, said making the hospital a semi-autonomous entity would help address the many challenges facing the health sector. PHOTO: COURTESY

Even before the advent of devolution, the health sector had been ailing, quite literally. Frequent strikes by medical staff to press for improved salaries and promotions were the order of day.

And things did not get better when public hospitals were put under county governments. From Kakamega to Embu, Busia to Nakuru and Murang'a to Kiambu, the sector remains on its deathbed, crippled by doctors' strikes, and poor facilities, with patients as the chief sufferers.