Machakos County hospitals are running out of medicines, following a delay of dispensation of the same to different health centres within the county by the health sector.
The County health executive Naomi Mutie has been blamed for the shortage by a section of Machakos County MCAs.
Speaking during a routine tour to monitor on the health sector progress, several MCAs urged the Health executive to step down if she was not able to undertake the tasks bestowed on her.
Matungulu West MCA Magdalene Ndawa made it clear that the public hospitals they had visited were experiencing critical shortages of medicines.
“We have visited the public hospitals in Machakos, Kangundo, Yatta and Matungulu and the situation is sickening as the only medicine on the shelves is aspirin and a few pain killers,” said the MCA.
“The medical officers are even forced to buy the syringes from chemists so as to administer medications to the patients, who are consequently forced to pay more,” added Ndawa.
Together with the MCAs was the County executive for Youth and social welfare Ruth Nduku, who called upon the urgent delivery of the drugs to the public hospitals.
“I urge the health sector to take this matter with immediate urgency. I have talked to the different hospital management that we have visited and they have stated the last time the County government issued them with drugs was August 2014. That’s a very long time and the residents are paying taxes,” Said Nduku.
Among the MCAs present during the routine inspection exercise was Peter Munywoki, member of Matungulu North and MCA Ndalani Ward Stephen Muthuka.