As one of the things on his ‘ To Do list’ one he was elelceted, Taita Taveta county Governer Granton Samboja promised to transform Moi Hospital in Voi to a level 5 hospital. The hospital receives about 1,600 road accident victims annually because of its strategic position along the Northern Corridor. It however does not have capacity to handle complex cases.
Governor @Sambojagrantonsays is keen to ensuring that there is improved health services across @DiscoverTTCG. #Mshapa006Delivers pic.twitter.com/jDHcyxRdv1
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Samboja said soon the hospital will be handling major cases because they are putting up a trauma centre. “We are putting up a CT Scan, which is now about 95 per cent complete. I’m happy to announce it will soon be launched. We are also upgrading the transformer at the facility from the current 350KV to 510KV,” he said.
The county government has already put up a renal centre at Moi Hospital in Voi, which currently serves 19 people. The hospital is also undergoing ISO Standard Certification.
Health Executive Frank Mwangemi says health is both money and labour-intensive, but as a county government, they have come up with strategies to provide universal healthcare.
“We have launched a Sh40 million Health Insurance project—Afya Bora Mashinani—in which we have partnered with the National Hospital Insurance Fund. The county government will be paying Sh6,000 annual premiums to NHIF on behalf of residents who cannot afford medical cover,” he explains.
So far, some 252 households have been issued with NHIF cards, with more to follow suit.
Mwangemi says eight new medical facilities will be established before the end of the year.
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The health of the people is just wealth to the county. TTc has invested much in ensuring their people can access quality and affordable health. pic.twitter.com/VIDQJiRtyY— KIPTANUI (@enock_kiptanui) August 22, 2018
The county also plans to set up mobile clinics to serve far-flung places. “We want to ensure that the poorest of the poor are able to get services,” Mwangemi said . To ensure that the cost barrier to access Universal Health Coverage is eliminated through enrolment of citizens to NHIF scheme, the @DiscoverTTCG has set aside Sh40 million in the 2018/2019 financial year to fund the programme.
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— Granton Samboja (@Sambojagranton) August 22, 2018
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has real worked for #TaitaTavetaCounty since he was elected as the Governor @DiscoverTTCG pic.twitter.com/CkxCEqjlUx— Speaker HARRISON Kamwana™ ?? (@HarrisonKamwana) August 22, 2018