Health workers' representatives want individuals who made decisions to hold a suspected murder suspect at Kenyatta National Hospital to take full responsibility for the death of a patient at the facility.
The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) and Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) have questioned why the facility allowed admission of a suspect, knowing he was a capital offender. "Hospitals are not places of holding criminals," said KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atella.
People who made the decision should take full responsibility".
KNUN Secretary-General Seth Panyako said the individual in question was not a patient and, if he were indeed in need of care, should have undergone a mental health evaluation and been referred to a secure psychiatric facility such as Mathare Hospital. "This is a clear case of institutional negligence," said Panyako.
