Health CS seeks weekly reports on Cuban doctorsCuban doctors Dr Jose Manuel Aldana (centre) and his neurosurgeon counterpart Dr Maikel Rodriguez Tamajo are assisted by nurse Monica Kiia to examine a patient at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital’s ICU, in Kisumu on July 05. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]The medical superintendents of hospitals where Cuban doctors were deployed have been directed to submit weekly reports on the specialists’ progress.Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki said the reports should be submitted every Friday. The directive, according to the ministry, is informed by revelations that county hospitals are not utilising the doctors, who are specialists in various fields. This going against the intention of the ministry when it entered the government-to-government deal with Cuba on recruiting the 100 doctors. “But it has been observed that the Cuban specialist doctors have not been utilised effectively in most counties,” she said.

Source: Standard Digital March 04, 2019 21:03 UTC