15 Pumwani Hospital nurses test positive for COVID-19

– KNUN chairman Boaz Onchari said it was worrisome that the nurses had contracted the virus in the maternity hospital

– Onchari said the nurses were asymptomatic and no death had been recorded so far from Pumwani Hospital

– This came at a time when the country was mourning the death of the first Kenyan doctor to succumb to COVID-19

A total of 15 nurses at the Pumwani Hospital have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The Keny National Union of Nurses (KNUN) chairman Boaz Onchari confirmed this development and expressed his concerns on the vulnerability of health workers to the virus.

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Pumwani Hospital premises. A total of 15 nurses tested positive for the virus. Photo: TUKO.co.ke.
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Onchari said the positive nurses were all asymptomatic to the disease and that no coronavirus-related death had occurred in the hospital.

“I cannot tell the accumulative number of health workers at the hospital who have tested positive. But I can speak for nurses and I can confirm that 15 of them have tested positive,” the chairman was quoted by Nairobi News.

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This emerged at a time the country was mourning the first Kenyan doctor to succumb to the virus.

The health officer who worked at Nairobi South Hospital succumbed to the virus on Friday, July 10 and her internment was today, Monday, July 13.

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Doreen Lugaliki was the first doctor to succumb to coronavirus. Photo: Doreen Lugaliki.
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She died at the age of 38 and was described by colleagues as a young doctor who was full of potential.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU)urged the government to fulfill its commitment of protecting frontline health workers following Lugaliki’s death.

On Saturday, July 11, the Ministry of Health and KMPDU said one more doctor had been admitted in ICU after testing positive for the disease and was battling for life.

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