By MN Reporter
The Lwala Community Alliance has donated critical care equipment worth Sh6million to Migori Teaching and Referral Hospital to help Covid 19 patients.
The donations came after the county ministry of health requested for equipment worth Sh60million to several partners to help in fighting against Covid 19 in the area.
The donation ranged from beds, oxygen ventilators and other key Intensive Care Unit equipment.
“We have come together with other partners and friends of Lwala Community to reach out to Migori to help in the fight against Covid 19,” Robert Kasambala, the Chief of Staff at Lwala Community Alliance said.
Kasambala said the organisation based in Rongo sub-county have been a key strategic partner in Migori and recently donated an ambulance to help boost maternal and infant lives in the county.
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“We will continue to ensure we support the Covid 19 fight in the region and maintain integrity with our partners and stakeholders,” Kasambala said after signing forms to hand over the equipment.
Migori Health Executive Kephers Nyamita said the organisation has been a key strategic partner in the health sector.
“We have been walking together in improving health and Lwala Community Alliance is a key and trusted partner especially in working with community health volunteers,” Nyamita said.
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County health Chief Officer Dalmas Oyugi said the ambulance donated by the organisation recently has been key in improving health in the county.
“These oxygen equipment and ventilators donated today will be key in boosting our intensive care unit for not only Covid 19 partners but other patients also,” he said.
The three said the recent move to lift curfew and huge number attending political rallies have caused low uptake of Covid 19 vaccines, health stakeholders have said.
On March 20 during Mashujaa Day celebrations in Kirinyaga county, President Uhuru Kenyatta lifted the prolonged nationwide night curfew which has been in place for the past 18 months.
Kenyatta called on Kenyans to continue following Covid 19 containment measures and get vaccinated, which has not materialized.
“When the curfew was lifted Kenyans thought mentally the Covid 19 was over which is a misconception which has been hard to contain when we push through vaccination,” Nyamita said.
