Is Kenyatta National Hospital safe for Kenyans?

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), the oldest hospital in Kenya is at limelight again for the wrong reasons in a span of one month. The hospital which serves as a public, tertiary and referral hospital for the Ministry of Health is under public fire after another surgery went wrong.

The victim, Susan Nekesa said that she has been in an intense pain after doctors cut her small intestine during a cesarean section operation when she was delivering her twin babies.

To make the matters worse, Susan's husband stated that one of the twins died out of nurses negligence when feeding the babies who were placed in a nursery.

These series of careless and negligence actions of the doctors has prompted the National Assembly Committee on health to demand the KNH board dissolved.

Members of Parliament yesterday also put a motion in Parliament seeking to ouster Health CS Sicily Kariuki for the failure in managing the worsening situation of the most trusted public hospital in Kenya.

Kenyatta National Hospital which also happens to be the teaching hospital for medical students of the University of Nairobi is now facing public outcry of the type of doctors and nurses the university will be producing. Just a few weeks ago the hospital was under intense fire for opening a skull of the wrong patient. 

Reports further indicate that the National hospital has no functional heart and lung machine whereby patients are always referred to private hospitals.

The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine has also been missing for one year now. These elements are making the public to question their safety and safety of their sick families and friends when in the hands of the hospital.