Health workers not ready to deal with virus: Kirinyaga residents
A nurse at Kerugoya Referral Hospital. The County Government of Kirinyaga has created a coronavirus isolation unit at the hospital. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Locals say the devolved government may not be in a position to handle a large number of Covid-19 cases.
A 14-bed Covid-19 isolation ward has been put up at Kerugoya Referral Hospital. It has an oxygen concentrator and four ventilators.
Medical workers have defended themselves against accusations of laxity, saying they are ready to handle Covid-19 cases.
Under normal circumstances, roads in Kirinyaga County would at a time like this be teeming with trucks packed with rice, with residents of Mwea smiling all the way to the bank.
This year, however, rice traders and farmers have been hit hard by desert locust and snail invasions in paddies. The Covid-19 pandemic has made matters worse.
