The garbage strewn all over the place and unkempt toilets speak volumes about the kind of ineptitude that must never be condoned in a health institution. Just the other day, the focus was on a private hospital in Machakos County, where a child died in circumstances that smack of utter negligence. INSPECTIONSThese two cases are symptomatic of what ails our health sector. Indeed, because the focus has mainly been on the endemic shortcomings in public hospitals, the rot in the private institutions has largely escaped attention. And to give credit where it is due, the board has played a significant role in getting health professionals and the institutions to meet the standards.

Source: Daily Nation May 15, 2019 20:26 UTC