The National Assembly’s Health committee wants the board of the
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) replaced following a brain surgery
mix-up at the facility.
In a report detailing its
findings on the treatment mishap of two patients with head injuries, the
committee recommended the establishment of a new board that will be
appraising top level management on the right personnel.
The
report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday points out the board’s failure
in carrying out its functions for the sake of national interest.
“In
recognition of the Board’s failure to carry out its functions in the
national interest, the appointing authority…constitutes a new Board,”
read the report.
“The new board appraises the top level management with a view to
placing the right personnel with the right qualifications in these
positions.”
The committee chaired by Murag’a woman
representative Sabina Chege has also recommended that medical regulatory
bodies to take punitive action against health personnel involved in the
brain surgery mix-up.
It wants the Nursing Council of
Kenya and the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya to immediately review
the conduct and practice of nurses involved in the case.
The
report comes hot on the heels of nurses who had termed as skewed a
report by the Kenya Medical and Practitioners and Dentists Board’s that
blamed nurses for the surgery mix-up.
A week ago, a committee constituted by the KMPD Board absolved two doctors from wrongdoing in the KNK surgery mix-up.
In
its interaction with KNH staff, the board, top level management and the
cabinet secretary for Health, the Health Committee established that
there were problems in almost every aspect of the facility.
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