The government has warned health facilities against demanding huge payments before admitting patients. Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman speaking on Tuesday termed this move ‘unethical’. He observed the number of Covid-19 related admissions at private and public health facilities had shot up, but asked hospitals not to take advantage of that by demanding huge upfront payments before admitting patients to the Intensive Care Unite (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU). Aman also warned hospitals from holding or hoarding oxygen cylinders and further noted the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases have necessitated the high demand for oxygen by patients in government facilities. Kenya recorded 1,127 new Covid-19 cases from a sample size of 5,393 on Tuesday representing a positivity rate of 20.8 percent.

Source: Daily Nation March 24, 2021 12:22 UTC