Nakuru County Governor Susan Kihika has vowed to collaborate with investigating agencies to unravel the mysterious death of a medical intern last week.
Kihika on Wednesday met the union and leadership of interns as well as senior leadership of the health department at Nakuru Level 5 Hospital following the incident.
Laban Lang'at, a medical intern at the facility was found dead in a drainage trench outside the Margaret Kenyatta Mother and Baby Wing on Saturday morning.
A postmortem conducted on the body of Lang'at showed he had been strangled.
Speaking to the media, Kihika said they will work hand in hand with the police to get to the bottom of the matter.
“What we are trying to do here is just make sure that we can get to the bottom of what happened. Our number one aim is justice for Dr Langat so we are working closely with the investigating officers and making sure that no stone is left unturned until we get to the bottom of what happened on that day,” Kihika said.
“In addition to that, we as the county government of Nakuru are looking into if there were any weak points,” she added.
Following the incident, the issues of lighting around the hospital and CCTV cameras have since been sorted by the county.
Lang'at has been serving the hospital as a medical intern since August 2023.
This comes barely a day after the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council said it would collaborate with investigative agencies to unravel the circumstances under which Langat died.
KMPDC CEO David Kariuki said the death of the medic brought to light the occupational hazards that healthcare workers in the country work under.
“This senseless act of violence not only robs the country of skilled medical practitioners but also shakes the foundations of trust and safety that are essential for the well-being of society,” Kariuki said.
Kariuki further called on the internship training centres to put in place necessary measures to prevent such occurrences in future.
