Monday, January 2, 2012

Sh50m debt throws hospital into crisis



  SHARE BOOKMARKPRINTEMAILRATING
william oeri | NATION British envoy Dr Peter Tibber hands a T-shirt to Ms Clarine Khatenge (right) and her new born baby Joel Osteen Otieno who was the first baby to be born at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in the new year at 12:05am as a symbolic celebration of the Olympics that will be held in London this year. Looking on is Nursing Officer Esther Kiambati.
William Oeri | NATION British envoy Dr Peter Tibber hands a T-shirt to Ms Clarine Khatenge (right) and her new born baby Joel Osteen Otieno who was the first baby to be born at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in the new year at 12:05am as a symbolic celebration of the Olympics that will be held in London this year. Looking on is Nursing Officer Esther Kiambati. 
By Nation Correspondent
Posted  Sunday, January 1  2012 at  22:00
Service delivery at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi has been adversely affected by an outstanding Sh50 million debt owed to suppliers, the hospital superintendent has said.
Dr Lazarus Omondi said the debt was as a result of waiver of delivery charges to poor mothers.
He said the hospital is forced to waive at least Sh1 million to poor mothers who cannot raise the hospital bill every month.
“The hospital is not reimbursed for these monies and this strains the hospital’s operations since we cannot pay our suppliers,” he said.
He was speaking during a courtesy visit by the British envoy Peter Tibber who gave T-shirts to children who were first to be born in 2012 to celebrate the year when the Olympics will be held in London.
Share This Story
5Share 
“This will be an historic year for the UK.  We will celebrate sixty years of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen and then the world’s most extraordinary show will arrive in London for the third time.  Hosting Olympic and Paralympic games is a great honour and we are proud to welcome the world to London,” said Dr Tibber.
The beneficiaries were Joel Osteen Otieno and Loko Elias who were born at 12.05am and 12.12am, respectively.
The envoy was also informed of an acute shortage of medical equipment at the hospital by the Nairobi Medical Officer of Health Dr Robert Ayisi.
Dr Tibber said he would raise the issue with Britain’s development agencies for consideration.

No comments:

Post a Comment