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Author: Mercy Asamba<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A nurses\u2019 association has criticised county governments for neglecting healthcare workers plight in the wake of a recent surge of Covid-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n

Kenya Progressive Nurses Association’s chair Michael Nyongesa, while speaking to KTN News on Thursday, noted that several counties lacked critical care facilities for critically ill Covid-19 patients, thus posing a danger to healthcare workers and other patients in hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasic requirements are missing, for instance, there are no facilities set aside for healthcare workers who contract Covid-19, there is no transportation to ferry them from home to work and in some counties, Covid-19 patients are admitted in general wards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Nyongesa said the disregard of the general Covid-19 rules had exposed many Kenyans to the virus, insisting that the numbers projected by Health Ministry are not a true reflection of the situation on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numbers indicated are far below the positive cases reported across different healthcare facilities,\u201d he claimed, adding the situation was overwhelming to the doctors and nurses.<\/p>\n

The chair said Kenyans had disregarded Covid-19 regulations, a case in point, at funerals where no social distance is observed and people don\u2019t wear face masks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are staring at a bigger crisis, we are literally going down the stream by our own deliberate refusal to adhere to preventive protocols,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Nyongesa also hit out at political leaders blaming them for the second wave of coronavirus being experienced in the country.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday, the country\u2019s caseload stood at 46,144 with the death toll at 858.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the Health Ministry revealed that there were 27 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 27 on ventilators and 41 on supplementary oxygen.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,189 are currently admitted in various health facilities and 2,661 are on Home Based Isolation and Care.<\/p>\n

There have been reports that Covid-19 cases are increasing at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH).<\/p>\n

A doctor at the facility told The Standard that the second-largest referral facility in the country, which is also a coronavirus testing centre, was overwhelmed by cases in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n

There have been reports of persons developing breathing difficulties at home, only to test positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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