Worry as Covid-19 patients spend more time in ICU

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe unveiling a plaque to officially commission the ICU Ranel dialysis Unit at Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital [Nicholas Nthenge, Standard]

Patients admitted with severe Covid-19 are staying longer in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which is stretching hospitals’ resources.

Dr Mwita Riro, a consultant physician at Kiambu Level Five Hospital, told The Standard that patients are sicker and staying in the ICU for an average of 10 days, three times longer than previous stays.