This sorry state of affairs is replicated in all the major referral hospitals in the country. Actually, not just the referral facilities, but any that has an in-patient wing. Mr Makanga says the nation’s biggest and busiest referral hospital handles such a high number of referral cases because Nairobi County’s devolved health system is “broken down”. And ward capacity, for many referral hospitals, remains a thorn in the flesh. These should not congest referral hospitals,” Dr Otieno says, adding that mothers at times lose lives that could have been saved in the health centres.

Source: Daily Nation February 06, 2018 07:52 UTC