CS Kagwe Urges Nyerians To Reproduce More

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has urged Nyeri residents to procreate more so as to make use of the newly renovated Maternal High Dependency Unit and new born unit at KNH Othaya.

While speaking during the launch of maternal HDU and a new born unit at KNH Othaya, Nyeri County, Kagwe noted that the county is lacking a significant item.

“Do not tire, let the work continue. There is no need of having this big hospital with only two kids,” said Kagwe, “ you have the hospital, there is rains, food, coffee and tea are like gold nowadays; look for that that is missing.”

The CS also noted that the birthrate in Nyeri county is so low that the elders are not even replacing themselves.

He urged the governor and those not old in the field to embrace the work of procreation.

“I am old and so won’t take part in the game, but I wish you well,” said CS Kagwe.

Nyeri governor, Mutahi Kahiga, assured the Ministry of Health that the unit will be a busy unit.

“We will make sure that the new born unit is a busy unit,” he said.

The renovation of the facility aims at decongesting county referral hospitals within the central region and Kenyatta National Hospital.

With the qualified staff, the facility will address challenges arising from neonatal periods as well as act as a training centre to the medical practitioners within the region.

The launch of the unit will improve institutional delivery care and antenatal care which will in effect deliver the country from maternal heath barriers.

“According to the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health survey, Kenya’s maternal mortality ratio stood at 362 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births and a still birth rate of 23 deaths per 1000 live births,” recorded Kagwe, “there has been improvement from 488 per 100 000 in 2008 and more progress in reduction of maternal health is expected when another demographic health survey is conducted later this year.”

He added: “Under five mortality has decreased by 50% since 1990.”

Kagwe, therefore, urged expecting mothers to continue seeking antenatal and postnatal care services from the public hospitals.

The facility is fitted with electric intensive care unit (ICU), HDU beds, patient monitors, infusion and syringe pumps, defibrillator and an electrocardiogram machine.