By Samuel Sitati
The County Government of Uasin Gishu on Wednesaday received and flagged off 490 Oxygen cylinders to the health facilities from the National government delivered by Amref Partners.
County Secretary Edwin Bett who presided over the event alongside other county officials expressed gratefulness for the donations noting that there has been a crisis in the health facilities before and therefore the initiative will go a long way in improving the delivery of health services in the County.
“Our people look upto the best services from us, and so our aim is to deliver responsive and quality health care,” Bett added.
County Executive for Roads Joseph Lagat who represented his Health Services counterpart Dr. Sam Kotut on his part appreciated the initiative.
He said it will strengthen the health care system.
“We are currently upgrading all our Sub County hospitals with theatre with a key requirement being sufficient supply of oxygen,” he noted.
Chief Officer Preventive and Promotive Health Joyce Sang together with her counterpart Chief Officer for Clinical Services Dr Paul Wangwe expressed their gratitude to the National Government and the Amref Partners for the support saying the cylinders will boost the health sector in the region.
The Amref will continue supplying oxygen to all the facilities across the county.
Delegation from Weigao Medical International Company
Meanwhile, Chief Officer for Promotive and Preventive Health Mrs Joyce Sang has affirmed that Governor Jonathan Bii’s administration is keen on providing quality healthcare to residents of Uasin Gishu County as envisioned under the second pillar of the Nguzo Kumi manifesto.
She spoke when she hosted a delegation from Weigao Medical International Company Ltd (WEGO).
Officials of the company are in the County to discuss areas of partnership in the upscaling program of Kesses and Ziwa Sub County health facilities to a level 5 hospital.
Among the areas Ms Sang hopes the partnership can address is putting up an automated nurse station in the facilities.
This, she said would ensure a quick medical process and nurses’ responses to patients’ calls for timely medical attention.
“We want a one-time response whereby a patient’s bed is connected with a bed call indicating the bed number and when he/she rings, the nurse immediately responds and the medication is wired immediately to them,” the CO said.
Chief Officer of Clinical Services, Dr Paul Wangwe on his part pledged the Department’s commitment to work with the partners in achieving better medical services across the County.
WEGO East Africa Managing Director Li Yuanguang said the organization is ready to work with Uasin Gishu as the first County government to partner with in equipping the facilities with quality medical equipment and to assure better health service deliveries.
The team later toured Kesses and Ziwa Health Facilities to assess their conditions.
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