Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi says his administration is prepared to handle Covid-19 patients after completion of ICU and renal units. Kiraitu said the county has built 404 isolation beds surpassing President Uhuru Kenyatta’s demand that counties must build at least 300 isolation beds. Kiraitu thanked the national government for deploying one Cuban ICU specialist to be in charge of the Meru unit. Kiraitu said the new state-of-the-art ICU and renal unit at the Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital has nine beds with specialised machines for determining a patient's cardiac output. Kiraitu said 20 ICU nurses have been trained and the county will continue to train doctors and other cadres.

Source: The Star July 30, 2020 18:56 UTC