Mothers, babies are on different floors to avoid infections, says KNH Board

South B ward representative Waithera Chege (second left) and other MCAs hold a baby at Kenyatta National Hospital when they donated food and other items to new mothers. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Kenyatta National Hospital board has defended the decision to have mothers and their newborns on different floors.

The board’s chairman Mark Bor said mothers and their children could not stay in one room for clinical reasons to avoid infections.