Shalom Hospital in Machakos has been closed following the death of a seven-month-old baby on Sunday.
The child, Ethan Muendo, passed away hours after staff at the facility administered a lethal injection to him to relieve the pain of a minor scalding
In a statement on Monday, Governor Alfred Mutua says the Machakos county government has withdrawn the facility’s trading license.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDP) has also revoked the hospital’s operating permit.
The medical board says the injection administered to the boy was an overdose.
Unconfirmed reports indicate the person who administered the lethal jab is not a trained medical practitioner but a patient attendant.
The hospital’s management has been ordered to clear with all patients before Monday at 6 pm.
Governor Mutua has also directed the immediate arrest of the facility’s owner, administrator, and staff.
The private hospital has found itself on the spot for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks.
Last month, the facility was on the spot after a woman gave birth on the floor in a case of suspected negligence. Nurses allegedly watched and enjoyed their tea as the woman suffered.
That’s where corruption has…
That’s where corruption has reached us at. Nobody seems to care for even common sense things like value for life.
Seriously, can’t fathom…
Seriously, can’t fathom losing a 7-month-old baby like that, baby can’t talk yet,won’t rate the pain. How on earth was he given pain medication, with what criteria?
Please, you all tell us this is a big joke.
The hospital may be close now, but whoever the authorities will be corrupted in a few days, and the hospital will be reopened, yet these parents have lost a baby forever…
Medication is given by an untrained idiot, really. Would they have injected their own kid?
Ooh God, Divine Intervention for our country, Kenya. May the Almighty crash the EVIL of corruption in Kenya
Seriously, can’t fathom…
Seriously, can’t fathom losing a 7-month-old baby like that, baby can’t talk yet,won’t rate the pain. How on earth was he given pain medication, with what criteria?
Please, you all tell us this is a big joke.
The hospital may be close now, but whoever the authorities will be corrupted in a few days, and the hospital will be reopened, yet these parents have lost a baby forever…
Medication is given by an untrained idiot, really. Would they have injected their own kid?
Ooh God, Divine Intervention for our country, Kenya. May the Almighty crash the EVIL of corruption in Kenya
Jamani: hatuna maneno ya…
Jamani: hatuna maneno ya Kenya tunayoweza kutumia kwa jina la hospitali hii bila kuiita neno la Kiheburania (Hebrew) ‘Shalom” ambalo maana yake ni “Salaam?”
Tuna ziwa kubwa sana ambalo limo kwenye nchi tatu za Afrika ya Mashariki. Ziwa hili ndilo ziwa kubwa kuliko maziwa yote katika bara la Afrika. Isitoshe, ni ziwa la pili kubwa duniani kote.
Kwa nini jina la ziwa hili linaitwa “Victoria” kutokana na mama Mwingereza ambaye alisimamia wizi wa nchi nyingi duniani alipokuwa malkia (queen) wa Waingereza. Jina lilokuwa la ziwa (lake) hili ni “NYANZA.” Nawaomba ndugu Magufuli, Museveni, na Uhuru watumie jina la asili (Nyanza) kwa ziwa hili.
Hata hayati Jaramogi Oginga Odinga kwenye kitabu chake ” Not Yet Uhuru” alisema ziwa hili liliitwa Nyanza kabla ya Ndugu zetu matapeli, majambazi, mafisi, wanyakua mashamba ya wenyewe kutoka Uingereza kuliita “Victoria.”
This is crazy. Why should…
This is crazy. Why should somebody spend so much money building a hospital and then hire quack nurses? There are so many qualified nurses in Kenya. You spend more when sued than hiring qualified nurses. They are losing more when their hospital is shut down than how much they could have paid qualified nurses and other staff.