Siaya County director of nursing services Joshua Ndiege has blamed the negative attitude exhibited by the health staff in the county for working long hours without any compensation.
Ndiege regretted that the county has a low number of staff since the employment of health workers by the government under the Economic Stimulus Program (ESP).
“Very few people turned out for the recruitment. This is unlike in other regions where the turnout was overwhelming,” said Ndiege.
The director was speaking in Ugenya constituency during the ground breaking ceremony for the Kenya Medical Training College KMTC where the health CeC Edward Owila said that the county government was committed to mitigating the poor statistics of health.
He also revealed that they have put down proper mechanisms such as upgrading of health facilities, purchasing of ambulances, and incorporating community health workers in the county health carders.
Ndiege also revealed that the county has also set aside Sh 10 million towards upgrading Urenga dispensary into a health centre and later a sub county hospital to aid the Ugenya KMTC students.
The ground breaking of the KMTC which is set to have its first intake in May next year was graced by the KMTC country director Charles Olango Onudi, the area MP David Ochieng’ among other guests.