By COLLINS OMULO More by this AuthorThe Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has begun the process of setting up 28-bed intensive care units (ICUs) at two of the city county’s hospitals. These units will cater for critically ill Covid-19 patients even as Kenya stares at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. This comes at a time when top hospitals are running out of space in ICUs as the health facilities are fast getting overwhelmed with the numbers of seriously-ill patients needing admission. FREE SERVICESAt the same time, NMS is set to put up 24 fully-equipped level two and three health facilities in city slums to improve service delivery. “All level two and three health facilities will be able to access drugs under this programme,” she said.

Source: Daily Nation July 05, 2020 08:37 UTC