Residents want a maternity wing open

Residents in Kapkelelwa in Baringo Central Sub County call on the county government to open a maternity wing for Kapkelewa health center which has been in operation for 50 years.
The hospital’s committee chairperson Simon Komen said the hospital has been in operation since 1965 but has never had an equipped maternity wing to enable women deliver in the hospital despite having beds in the hospital.
Komen noted that the hospital has one clinical doctor and one health officer but need a gynecologist to operate in maternal section saying the hospital should have reached a level three as it has been operational for a long period of time.
“This is not a community facility but a government hospital that should have been equipped with all the necessary facilities to serve the residents in the area as it is difficult to access other nearby facilities due to poor transport system in the area,” Komen reiterated.
The chairman urged the county government to supply them with an ambulance to aid them in ferrying referred patients to the county referral hospital stating that the ambulance in Mogorwo health center is unable to cross the seasonal rivers which are impassable during rainy seasons due to poor road networks in the area.
Komen noted that the health center has neither been given full laboratory equipments nor a lab technician thus reducing the hospital’s potential in attending patients.
Mogorwo health center committee chairperson Enock Kirui said the maternity wing has been operational in the area but have faced challenges of water shortages as they are forced to higher water from a river nearby during dry season since they are dependent on the rainy water.
The two addressed the residents and guests present yesterday during the reception of four adjustable electrical beds each in their respective hospitals.