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County sickened with rescue van lacking kits to save lives

Kisumu County Director of Health says the county has 14 ambulances, with one that is well equipped [Dennis Ochieng, Standard] 

Experts have raised alarm over the poor state of county ambulances.

A task force formed by the county government to identify gaps in the county's health sector found out that lives are lost due to lack of swift emergency response and lack of basic life supporting machines in the available ambulances.

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