Debate has started arising following the Pumwani Scandal that happened earlier today. Governor Mike Sonko is said to have made a rushed decision by suspending the team without investigation and fully understanding the situation.
Sources reveal that it s yet another time for Pumwani hospital to face public mobbing, led by the governor. Whether this is true, we all await the investigations and the authorities response towards this matter.
Complaints have also arised and questioning why he suspended the board instead of his ‘advisors’.
“What happened to facts? The press has joined in the lynching” they ask
Below is a thread of some of the details revealed. The truth in the matter however remains secret as police are said to be carrying out their investigations.
1. One more time Pumwani hospital faces public mobbing, led by it’s very own governor???. He suspends his foot soldiers instead of his ‘advisors’. What happened to facts? The press has joined in the lynching @KTNNews @ntvkenya @KTNKenya
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018
2. Pumwani has no morgue. Never has. All bodies of deceased Mothers, newborns and stillbirths are collected by the city mortuary morticians in the morning. Before, this happened daily, nowadays it happens Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018
3. For little angels who pass on before birth or in the new born units due to complications, the families have the option of taking them to bury or they can give them up and the hospital then has them buried. This happens in both public and private sector, permissible by law.
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018
4. There are no body bags to keep the deceased in before transfer to the morgue. Hospital staff have to make do with what’s available. Carton boxes and plastic disposal bags are the most available temporary storage for these little angels.
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018
5. Every deceased person, irrespective of age, is registered in the death notification register provided by the registrar of persons (births and deaths). Each of these little ones is moved to city mortuary with an attached notification. They are not just statistics.
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018
6. Pumwani has accounted for 6 deaths in the period between Friday 14th to Sunday 16th. Only 6 deaths are listed. This number is against 156 deliveries conducted in the said period. Being a referral hospital receiving complicated cases, this is not uncommon.
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018
7. But did Sonko bother to find out this? Nope. He chose to call it sinister because he did not understand it. He proceeded to suspend the team without investigation.
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018
8. Healthcare in Kenya is in the dumps right now. It is decisions like this that bury it further. Nairobi’s scorecard is not looking good. Then again, how can it when top leadership prefers to rule in this manner? Populist actions won’t stop babies from dying.
— Nelly Bosire (@Starlight_Bo) September 17, 2018