Nakuru health executive Daniel Mungai has warned health public workers at all county hospitals against stealing medicines and selling them at their private clinics and pharmacies.
Speaking at the Bahati sub-county hospital Friday, Mungai said the government will not tolerate what he termed as unethical behaviour in its facilities.
Mungai’s visit at the hospital came days after patients seeking services at the facility raised concerns over shortage of medicines.
The county health boss said all hospitals were supplied with medicines just a few days ago and wondered where the shortage was coming from.
“We just supplied medicines recently and it is disturbing to hear stories of shortages in any hospital at this time,” he said.
“The government is very clear on this issue that anyone found to be participating in the theft of medicine from public hospitals will go home and you will also face the law,” said Mungai.
He thanked Bahati residents for raising the alarm and called on them to be the government’s eyes on the ground.
The Bahati hospital deputy medical superintend, however, defended the hospital staff against the claims of theft of medicine, saying that saying the medicine stock has been depleted following the large number of patients they receive.
“It is true we received the medicines but we also have to remember that we receive patients on a daily basis and the medicines will definitely become limited but the issue of theft remains an allegation than has no proof,” he said.