Patients currently being admitted at Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital have said that if they die, Kisii County governor James Ongwae should be held accountable.
The patients were speaking on Sunday at the facility saying the state of hygiene at the hospital is poor.
“There is no water for us to use. Toilets are very dirty and we are forced to use toilets outside the facility,” said one of the patients Johnson Ondimu.
Mr Ondimu stated that he has been at the hospital since August 3 and the county government of Kisii should stop lying to the residents that the state of the hospital is good.
Josephine Mong’ina said she has been waiting for the last one month to be taken to the theatre after her right leg was crushed in a motorbike accident but, in vain.
“I was involved in a motorbike road accident and I was told to wait to be taken to theatre for the last one month. The doctors and nurses at the hospital are rude when I inquire on my progress,” she said.
Jared Mongarora added that there are no drugs at the facility because they are forced to buy drugs from private chemists most of them owned by nurses and doctors working at KTRH.
However, the officer in charge of medical services Enock Ondari dismissed the allegations saying some individuals are using the patients to tarnish the name of the hospital.
“The county government has supplied drugs to the hospital which are being given for free to patients. Those claiming they are being referred to buy drugs from private chemists owned by nurses and doctors should give evidence,” he said.
Reached for a comment, Governor Ongwae said there is a steady supply of water at the facility.
“We have a borehole which is supplying water at KTRH. My opponents should stop fighting me by using people seeking medical care at the facility to spread propaganda,” he said.
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