COVID IS NOT OVER YET, MTRH CEO CAUTIONS
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital CEO Dr. Wilson Aruasa has urged Ke3nyans to continue following the Covid-19 protocols.
Speaking after Bayer East Africa handing over a hand washing point to MTRH Dr. Aruasa said the CEO thanked the organization for the kind gesture taken in ensuring the fight against Covid-19 and other infectious diseases.
“I would like to take this opportunity to appreciate the presence of Bayer together with KWAHO and of course the MTRH hospital management team. I appreciate you because it could not have come at a better time because having gone through the pandemic as a country and the world this intervention is very appropriate” Said Dr. Wilson Aruasa.
Thanking their efforts, the CEO commented on the recent numbers being recorded by the ministry of health in the country being an indication of the war not being over and urged the public to stay on the lookout and observe safety measures in place.
“Covid has not yet ended. Just the other the other day we’ve seen the numbers slightly going up, although this time it is plateauing rather than rising sharply like we used to see in the last two years.” Noted Dr. Wilson.
Dr Aruasa further applauded the government of the Republic of Kenya, the ministry of health together with other partners for their efforts in availing the vaccines to the citizens against the pandemic while also emphasizing the need for the public to get fully vaccinated to ensure their safety.
“Of course, we must thank the ministry of health government of Kenya and other partners particularly for availing the vaccines against the pandemic. The vaccines which most of us have got the third dose which is a booster dose and even a forth to some early birds. We want encourage Kenyans and the rest of the world at large that the vaccines are very safe and effective. From the data that we’ve seen here most the patients who still get admitted because of covid other than having comorbidities and other issues, the main issue is when they have not been fully vaccinated.” Remarked Dr. Aruasa.
On changes at the facility to ensure infection prevention and control the doctor highlighted their conversion of Covid isolation wards to infectious diseases to ensure a system approach to issues.
“We are not just looking at one disease; we are looking at a system approach to issues to make sure that it is useful beyond Covid. Our current Covid ward is an ICU grade ward. We’ve made it to be an ICU so that into the future as we phase out Covid infections, it is going to be an additional 18 ICU beds for MTRH.” Added Dr. Wilson Aruasa.
By Ayago Lloyd.
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