The Senate has started its work through the health committee to ensure justice is delivered for the late Travis Maina who died at Kenyatta National Hospital.
Baby Travis Maina who was admitted to in KNH early October with a fork-jembe logged in his head died after waiting for more than hours to be attended to. The incident drew the attention of netizens and this pushed KNH to make a statement.
“The patient had lost a lot of blood and as a result, the clotting process was not occurring as expected, thereby, delaying the surgical procedure as this would have been dangerous to the patient,” said KNH in a post on Facebook
“The patient has since been stabilized and is currently undergoing a delicate operation in KNH theatres. We thank you for your concern and we assure you that the child is under the best care by our teams,” continued part of the post.
The senate’s Health Committee wants to look deep into the matter to ensure Maina’s family gets justice.
Senator Jackson Mandago who is the chairperson of the health committee said on Tuesday October 25, 2022, in a press meeting that they will conduct investigations to get to the root of the matter and also address challenges at the referral to prevent loss of lives.
“We are siezed of the matter and the committee will be undertaking investigations immediately with a view to getting justice for baby Travis’s family and also address the challenges in our referral system to prevent further loss of life,” the chairperson to the Senate health committee.
According to Mandago, the medics are to give a statement in relation to the incident. The mother to the two-year old boy is also to say what transpired on that day that led to the death of his son.
On the other hand, Senator Ledama Olekina cautioned the health facilities to treat people equally whether they have money or not.
“We are sending a warning to health facilities that every person is free to access healthcare with or without money,” said Olekina.
He also blamed the level 5 hospitals saying they do not even have drugs to give to the patients.
“These level 5 hospitals are just on paper as most don’t even have drugs. Money is still retained at the national level instead of going to counties to enable them to provide services to people,” he noted.
