It costs about Sh1 million to treat a single Covid-19 patient in Kenya, the Health Ministry has revealed.
The bill comprises protective gear worn by doctors and nurses, food, medicine, hospital bed and other services provided to patients during their stay in hospital.
For example, the cost of one personal protective equipment (PPE) kit is about Sh20,000 and it is used for a single session per patient, according to Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache.
Each time the doctor visits a patient, the protective gear they use is discarded. A doctor could visit a patient several times in a day, meaning one patient could use PPE kits worth between Sh100,000 and Sh140,000 daily.
If the patient is admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), they are charged Sh4,000 per night for a bed in the isolation ward. This, coupled with charges on food, medicine, and other services increases the bill further.
The cost of treatment is higher for patients who experience complications.
Dr. Samuel Njenga, an infectious disease expert at KNH told Daily Nation that the hospital bill for Kenya’s first Covid-19 patient Brenda Ivy Cherotich, who spent three weeks at the facility, was Sh800,000 while that of the third patient, Brian Orinda was Sh490,000. The two were pronounced fully recovered on April 2nd.
BS…
BS…
But that is less than what…
But that is less than what politicians get per day when they travel abroad for the useless benchmarking.
How much does it cost the…
How much does it cost the taxpayers for one Mpig’s (read misleader) treatment abroad? Multiply that by so many of them.
-How much does it cost the taxpayer for those “misleaders’ to go on meaningless overseas conferences paying per diem of ridiculous rates …and btw, have the women misleaders returned the per diems to nowhere and nothing??
This is some B S
This is some B S
Africans, it’s time to wake…
Africans, it’s time to wake up!!
No more loans,or gifts from those who despise black people.
If our leaders have no understanding, God is in the process of ending slavery for blacks. 400 years, time is up!!
A time for Revelation and Restoration !!!
Those who stand on the way of God’s hand by being on our oppressors side or holding on to the old ways will be crashed by that wave. Those who stand on the side will be witnesses of the change.
Old system of theft and corruption has come to an end.
Churches that were established by the sword in Africa have come to an end and they are not coming back. Anything established through cornmanship is coming to an end.
Those who pretended to be friends of African but are our real enemies are being revealed.
We are all looking at a new world order. Some are looking at the colonizers new world order and others at God’s Masterplan plan. The old policy has been ” Divide and Rule ” The great divide (Separation) is at hand. On whose side are you??
After Covid-19, we will all be new beings; there will be no master, we will all look up to God for guidance and help. Let’s watch the great Revelation!!!
If the bill is 1 Million,…
If the bill is 1 Million, then the real bill is 100 thousand. In Kenya, hospitals, politicians and businesses charge ten times for these services.
So kenyan government gets…
So kenyan government gets PPE and other medical kits for free from Jack ma, and now they are selling to kenyans. Why do they have to exaggerate the price? PPE in the US cost way cheaper than the price quotes by this idiot’s. I love kenya but I hate the way its run by corrupt individuals who value cash more than persons live. Sorry to the people living in kenya.Stay safe and know government is not on your side