Senate team probes bribery, poor services claims at Vihiga referral hospital

Senate Health Committee chairman Jackson Mandago addressing health experts among them senior staff of Vihiga County government when the committee visited the county recently. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Complaints of poor services and claims of corruption by health workers have, in the last few months, rocked health facilities around Vihiga County.

Patients seeking treatment in different health facilities have lamented being denied services. Some have claimed they are being asked to pay the health workers before any service is offered with the most mentioned among the facilities being Vihiga County Referral Hospital (VCRH).