President Kenyatta has affirmed his government commitment to send healthcare workers in Ebola ravaged West Africa despite opposition from Health workers representatives.
“My recent call for volunteer healthcare workers to go and help the West African nations being ravaged by Ebola has been responded to positively by dozens of brave men and women. I want to honour them for such compassion and generosity.” Said the President during the Mashujaa day celebration.
He said that everything need to be done to stop the virus spreading at its source, so that the country and the rest of the region can be safer.
“These heroic volunteers teach us of the indomitable spirit of our people. There is also an important lesson in the thousands of deaths from the crisis they are going to combat”. Said President.
He added that weak state institutions are unable to properly deliver health and security services to all are an invitation to disaster.
He lamented that It is not always this way in Africa and its unfortunate that Africa has willingly adopted development paradigms that have systematically weakened our states for the last thirty years.
“No more. We must refocus our efforts, and those of the entire world, on building effective governments whose services are accessible to all, accountable to all, accountable to all and that have the extra resources to respond to shocks and emergencies. This is the duty of Government and must not be outsourced to donor-funded entities whose efforts are aimed at relief and not at the comprehensive scale it takes to transform lives or respond to crises.” He added.
This is a mid recent report that the country is not prepared to handle dreaded Ebola virus. Medics have raised concern over baffling lapses at point of entry and also confession that they would take off if any patient was diagnosed with the virus.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) says Kenya is not prepared and warned their members from volunteering unless necessary measures are undertaken.
KMPDU Chairman, Dr Victor Ng’ani says “We still do not have isolation units and protective gear in most health facilities. Protocols on how to handle Ebola patients are yet to be disseminated.”
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