Baringo Governor Benjamin Cheboi has warned politicians and local leaders against politicising the health sector in the county.
The county boss asked local leaders to keep politics away from Baringo County Referral Hospital matters in order to improve healthcare services.
This comes after a section of leaders led by Senator Vincent Chemitei and Baringo Central Member of Parliament Joshua Kandie publicly raised concerns over the deteriorating healthcare services and increased deaths at the county main referral hospital in Kabarnet town.
Cheboi said they have put in place strategies to improve healthcare in the referral hospital and over 200 facilities across the county.
The governor, while addressing the media after making an impromptu visit to the facility, stated that the county is well stocked with drugs from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), which they regularly replenish after three months, contrary to claims by his opponents.
“Our main hospital is doing very well and the services are good and we have testimony of the over 200 patients per day who seek services here, which we are urging those who might want to use the hospital to gain political mileage to stop because it is not helpful at all,” he said.
Cheboi said the current congestion being experienced will be a thing of the past once a 300 bed capacity surgical block is equipped to provide enough space for patients needing other treatment services.
He disclosed that the county administration is renovating the outpatient triage emergency casualty section, which shall be completed in the next three months to accommodate critical patients as well as their caregivers.
The governor added that the county has more than enough ambulances to support responses and referrals of patients to nearby health facilities across the county and beyond.
By Benson Kelio
