Government assures public of safety at Pumwani Maternity Hospital – KBC

The Ministry of Health has assured the public that the government has put in place proper measures to ensure that the Pumwani Maternity hospital is safe and no further transmission of the coronavirus takes place at the facility. 

This development comes even after 41 staff at the hospital tested positive for COVID-19 and are under home-based isolation.

Speaking after he led a delegation from the health ministry to assess the facility Tuesday, the Director-General of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth said the Pumwani Maternity hospital has not closed and would not close due to the reported cases.

Pumwani hospital shall remain open for complicated delivery cases. In the meantime patients can access Maternal health care from the adjacent health facilities e.g Eastleigh health centre: @DrPatrickAmoth Ag. Director General. https://t.co/enfVutsx7y pic.twitter.com/uUGYj7ETqf

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The DG however said the facility will scale down services.

At the same time, Dr Amoth noted that the government will ensure that the affected staff will be given full support during this period as they recover.

The infected workers include medical officers, clinical officers nurses and laboratory technology assistants.

According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 429 health workers nationwide have been infected with COVID-19, representing 4.2 percent of the cases reported in the country since March.