King'ara Foundation chairman Samuel Ng'ang'a has urged both national and county governments to stem healthcare crisis by providing better healthcare.
Speaking at Ruiru Town at a ‘harambee’ to offset a medical bill of a cardiology patient, Ng'ang'a said that the two government units should improve the provision of healthcare to enable Kenyans enjoy better healthcare services.
He said there is need for transformative provision of health services in the country to save patients from seeking for more advanced medical services abroad, which are relatively expensive.
“We urge both government units to transform healthcare in our country to enable our patients to be treated locally rather than seeking for expensive healthcare abroad”, said Ng'ang'a.
Ng'ang'a expressed his fear that patients were incurring huge costs seeking medical attention abroad, a trend that, according to him, could be reversed if advanced healthcare facilities were established in the country.
“We want both units to establish state -of - the art health facilities to check flow of patients seeking medical care abroad”, said Ng'ang'a
He also said that there is need to formulate a policy to ensure provision of quality healthcare in hospitals across the country.
“The policy is to streamline all activities of healthcare to allow residents access better and affordable medical attention,” said Ng'ang'a.
The Speaker of National Assembly, Justin Muturi, who was the chief guest on his part urged the government to be determined in ensuring that healthcare is boosted for the benefits of Kenyans.
“Better healthcare will save patients the extra expenditure and trouble of traveling to abroad in search of medical services.
He said that there was no need of patients seeking medical service abroad when the government has capability to offer the same services in the country.