Sonko promised to make major changes on the controversial Pumwani hospital after the infant bodies were found stuffed in polythene bags.
True to his words, the Nairobi governor has newly refurbished Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi while putting the facility under management of by the Nairobi City County Government.
Nairobi County Government will next month(April) open a new outpatient wing at the Pumwani Maternity Hospital.
For the last 9 decades, the hospital has not been offering outpatient services and had
According to the hospital administration, the outpatient services will help reduce the number of patients who visit other public hospitals in Nairobi.
“The outpatient wing is among the grand plans that we are having as a hospital. We shall soon open the doors for such patients,” the hospital’s administrator Geoffrey
Mosiria said.
Already, a number of key staff have been transferred to various hospitals after the facility was put on the spot over careless deliveries that led to the death of many infants at the country’s oldest maternity hospital.
Plans are also underway to repossess Nyayo Ward area which was allegedly grabbed by developers. In the near future, the county government will have back the Nyayo ward.
Governor Mike Sonko early this year said that plans were also underway to construct a 10 storey 450 capacity bed unit that will be named after him.
The unit, Sonko Pumwani Maternity Hospital, will stand side by side with the old hospital and will compose of a paediatric ICU, an adult ICU, a HDU, staff quarters, laundry and all necessary facilities.
“The Pumwani Nursing School has also received an introduction of more courses with the aim of having our self-made professions,” said Mosiria.
This comes just months after Governor Sonko found uncovered 12 corpses of infants wrapped in polythene papers and hidden in boxes at the facility.
This led to the transfer of key staff from the hospital to other facilities in the county.