Shalom Hospital Sealed Off After Covid-19 Deaths, Infections
Shalom Hospital in Athi River has been sealed off after a number of patients succumbed to Covid-19.
While announcing the shutdown on Saturday, Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua said other patients and health workers at the facility also tested positive for the virus.
“The hospital is now a quarantine facility and therefore no one is allowed to get in or leave the hospital,” Governor Mutua announced.
“The process of screening and testing for COVID-19 may take several days and has already started. Further decisions will be undertaken according to the evaluation of the relevant agencies involved in the provision of health care and combating COVID-19.”
“I urge all wananchi to be patient as we ensure all health facilities are safe so as to avoid hospital-based infections that were witnessed in places like New York and several Italian cities,” he added.
Mutua said the decision to close the medical facility was made after consultations with Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council and the Health Ministry.
He did not disclose the number of infections and fatalities recorded at the privately-owned hospital.
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This hospital place money…
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This hospital place money gains ahead of health protection or better health services . Who knows what this institution is doing there? It was in the news not long ago for bad report about the woman who died in the lobby(pregnant). Some of these institutions need to be monitored not yearly but by the hour. There are a lot of fake hospitals and universities that need to be closed.
More people come out dead…
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More people come out dead out of this hospital than alive.
Just like in politics where…
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Just like in politics where a party with the word democracy in its name is never democratic are hospitals and organization with words frm bible never clean. i.e Shalom, all saints, st whatever, exz mission hospital. St bbb school Ebenezer church, holy mt ACC@S Church, pentecostal, evergelist. Jesus ministry. etc etc. They are money minded organizations.
This hospital needs to be…
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This hospital needs to be closed down, or put under the management of the County or National Government. It is no longer a health facility, but a danger zone for both patients and non patients.
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