Kenya’s Health Ministry has released over 200 Covid-19 patients to receive care from home.
The roll-out of the home-based care program saw the first batch of 288 people infected with Covid-19 discharged from various treatment centers around the country on Friday.
The 288 patients sent home on Friday include 15 breastfeeding mothers, according to Head of Public Health Dr. Francis Kuria.
“Involving about 299 patients on home-based isolation, I am happy to report that about 288 have been released for home-based care back to society. And about 15 mothers who are breastfeeding. They are safe, and there is no need for stigmatization they are as good as you are,” Dr. Kuria noted.
The move comes after the ministry adopted home-based care protocols for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients, which aims at preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed.
“The home-based care is a key intervention which is approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and it is meant to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed,” said Health Director-General Patrick Amoth.
Plans are also underway to implement community-based care for families that are unable to conform to home-based care regulations.
As of Saturday evening, there were 3,457 confirmed cases of Covid-19 infections in Kenya, 100 fatalities, and 1,221 recoveries.
Better at home than in the…
Better at home than in the isolation centers where there is absolutely no treatment – only monitoring temperature and taking sample for testing. I hope the community will not discriminate on these people. Mass testing is the answer to understand the extend of the virus in Kenya. Daily samples of 3000 – 4000 is not mass testing in a population of 53 million.
Tell me how you treat…
Tell me how you treat patients without medications.