The Ministry of Health has directed all healthcare facilities in the country to get in touch with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) and update their actual bed capacity.
The directive comes days after the ministry cautioned hospitals against overadmitting patients, emphasising that hospitals should admit patients only depending on their bed and infrastructural capacity.
The ministry had warned that hospitals that contravene the order would face severe repercussions, including not receiving the monthly Social Health Authority (SHA) claims.
In a statement on Monday, June 14, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, who held a meeting with the Chief Executive Officers of Kenya's National Teaching and Referral Hospitals, stressed that the update should be in line with the SHA's bed capacity access rules.
