Kenyatta National Hospital Boss Lily Koros Suspended After Doctors Perform Surgery on Wrong Patient
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lily Koros has been sent on a compulsory leave following a horror mix up in which brain surgery was performed on the wrong patient.
Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki said the move to suspend Koros and the head of clinical services, Bernard Githae was to allow for probe into the mishap that has put the country's largest medical facility .
“I have directed the board that the CEO of this organisation, with the colleague responsible for clinical matters of this hospital, are sent on compulsory leave forthwith and in their place two experts will be taking over to run this institution for the period the investigations will be done and a decision reached," She said at KNH on Friday.
Appointing Dr. Mutie and Dr. Ongech to the positions on an acting capacity, Ms Kariuki said; “Both competent professionals who understand the systems in this hospital to take over and support the board to complete the investigations I have directed be conducted immediately.”
The CS said the patient was in stable condition.
"I have seen the patient who ought not to have gone through surgery. He is stable and doctors tell me he could be discharged on Monday.The second patient, who was scheduled to go for surgery is, fortunately, also stable, he has been put on treatment and is under watch.”
“I want to apologise to the patients, families and friends of these two patients particularly the one who went through operation. We will put in systems so that we do not see a repeat of this going forward,” she said.
“The mix up started at the point of dressing the patient, because the patient who was to be taken to theatre had the names but they belonged to the one who ought not to have been taken to theatre,”she said.
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Gosh! Dang! Really?
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Gosh! Dang! Really?
Everyone's nightmare when…
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Everyone's nightmare when they check in any hospital. I have heard unbelievable stories of patients undergoing surgery on wrong limbs, and that's not in Kenya. I have always been paranoid about this and this plays on my fear even more! Pole to the family, but have the best lawyer at hand to sue them dry. Clean them out, I say! Suspending the boss is just tokenism.
One doctor deregistered in…
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One doctor deregistered in 21 years, says board
Mar. 03, 2018, 8:00 am
Only one doctor has been deregistered for medical negligence in the past 21 years.
In 2010, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists board found William Omondi Oduor him guilty of attending to a patient at Mwingi District Hospital while drunk.
As a result, the patient who was pregnant died together with her child.
Data seen by the Star from the board showed that out of the 985 cases they have received since 1977, only 915 have been dealt with.
70 of them are still pending at various stages.
“These cases are pending because of some few challenges that we have been facing internally but we are going to deal with them.” The boards CEO Daniel Yumbya told the Star during an interview.
According to the report, one doctor has had his licensed deregistered, four of them have had their licenses cancelled, while six of them have been suspended for a period of between 6 to 12 months
16 directed to undergo supervised training for a period 6-12 months, 106 were directed to undergo continuous professional development for 30-50 points, 141 had their cases referred for mediation another 105 were cautioned about their actions.
241 cases that were by the board’s preliminary conduct committee those that of Obstetrics and Gynecology, internal medicine was 158 cases, surgery-related complications were 138 and financial cases 100.
Specialities that had the least cases reported include;
Haematology (1)Plastic surgery (2)Radiology (2) Neurosurgery (3)Ear nose and throat (4)Clinical genetics (3)Infectious diseases (4)Pathology( 9)Psychiatry (8) Nephrology (6)
All these cases had less than ten complaints.
4 of the professional conduct committee hearings hearing were conducted in Nairobi, three were held in Kiambu, One in Nyeri, while the remaining six were held in Trans Nzoia, Kisii and Kisumu counties.
What a shithole in name of…
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What a shithole in name of hospital....
What has the CEO got to do…
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What has the CEO got to do with it? She is not the one who opened the wrong skull.
@Njai, please watch: https:/…
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@Njai, please watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vhyb-rJJXI
Makes one wonder what Kenya is all about. The rot is deep seated if you listen to this. It implies the error was made on purpose to stitch up madame boss. Cartels, etc...jamani, aki we are doomed. To top it all, these guys are leaning on ukabila rather than accountability.....
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