Motorcycle service to enhance health care in Murang'a

Murang’a  county government has launched use   of motorcycles in the transportation of specimens  from patients to laboratories for the provision of quality treatment.

 In the past it took more than 10 days for a patient to receive treatment after the specimens took long before being analyzed by experts.

  County Health and Sanitation Executive Joseph Mbai  said   in the new set up it will require a day  for the patients  to receive results and get treatment.

 Speaking at Murang’a Level Five Hospital, he said community health workers have been trained to transport the specimens from the rural areas to established laboratory facilities.

“The county government has invested millions of shillings to enable the residents to get the best medical attention,” said Mbai.

 He also expressed displeasure over increased teenage pregnancies in the locality, calling  for a debate if sex education should be introduced in the schools.

“ We are also concerned with the number of teenagers  who  are HIV positive. Murang’a accounts for 16,000 HIV positive persons out of which majority are youth,” he said.