A modern mortuary will
be built at Msambweni Referral
Hospital, Kwale governor Salim
Mvurya said yesterday.
At the same time the governor ordered
called that the hospital to be
investigated following complaints
of poor services at the health facility.
The hospital is in a deplorable
state with bodies rotting due an
outdated and inefficient refrigerator.
Mvurya blamed lazy and corrupt
workers for the poor state of
affairs at the hospital.
“A new mortuary will be built
to replace the old one which has
been faulty most of the time,” he
said, noting that the hospital ought
to offer better services since the
county and national government
had allocated more resources after
its elevation to referral status in
2016.
“We have spent so much money
in a bid to improve services at this
institution but services still leave
a lot to be desired. The probe will
help us put things right,” he said.
Mvurya, who visited the hospital,
said efforts to improve healthcare
were hampered by sloppy
work by staff.
He accused the workers of
hoarding drugs, charging for blood
transfusion and arrogance.
He said the county will stop
funding more health infrastructural
projects and instead focus on
human resource management and
development.
Residents often complain of poor
mortuary services at the only mortuary
in the sub-county. The other
is at Kwale Hospital, which has
been idle for four years since its
completion after residents opposed
its construction.
Most residents are Muslims who
do not take bodies to the mortuary
as they bury their relatives hours
after they die.
In 2014, residents protested
against the opening of the mortuary
and a crematorium a Ukunda
by a private developer. They said
said it was unhealthy to have a
mortuary in a residential area.