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Volunteer nurses who helped mothers deliver to be employed

Fifteen volunteer nurses who helped 300 women deliver will be employed by the county government.

The 15 who volunteered to work at the county referral hospital maternity ward when the nurses went on strike will be engaged permanently once the strike is over, the county administration has said.

For the more than 100 days the nurses have been on strike, the volunteers have helped 250 women deliver normally and 50 others through caesarean section.

County Deputy Governor Julius Leseeto praised the volunteer nurses for working round the clock and with commitment to care for the patients.

Mr Leseeto promised that the team would be permanently employed soon to address shortage of nurses in the county’s health facilities.

He said the county government had been paying the voluntary nurses upkeep allowance to motivate them.

"They have been receiving some little allowances but the county government will employ them soon," said Leseeto.

He urged the county public service board to move with speed to recruit the whole team so that they can support service delivery at the county’s health facilities.

The county chief officer in charge of health, Lydia Letinina, said the team's passion and commitment to serve patients has been of great encouragement.

"Their services have greatly alleviated the pain and agony that patients would have gone through during the nurses' strike," said Ms Letinina.

She was speaking at the weekend during a ceremony held to appreciate the volunteers.

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