- KMPDC has suspended Ruai Family Hospital as a COVID-19 vaccination centre after it was implicated in the unauthorised administration of vaccines
- The matter has been referred to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for further probe
- The hospital's CEO, Maxwell Okoth, who received the summons, led his staff when they appeared before the doctors' council
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) and the Kenya Pharmacists and Poisons Board have reinstated the operating licence of the Ruai Family Hospital (RFH).
However, KMPDC has suspended the hospital as a COVID-19 vaccination centre and demanded an audit of the vaccines given to the public within 14 days.
DCI to probe the matter
The matter has been referred to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
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On Wednesday, September 1, officials from the KMPDC spent the day interrogating hospital staff with the Kenya Pharmacists and Poisons Board visiting the health facility in Ruai.
The findings of the Kenya Pharmacists and Poisons Board were, however, not released with the hospital's staff saying the investigations were not conclusive as they were yet to be corroborated with the findings of KMPDC.
Operations at the hospital were, however, minimal, with patients expressing uncertainty.
''We are hopeful that it can only get better day by day. We have prepared all our patients in the wards so that even though the decision comes as soon as possible, we will be able to work with the directive we were given,'' said Ruai Family Hospital Administrator Fred Kokeyo.RFH has prepared its stakeholders including patients
Kokeyo said that as an institution, they had prepared their stakeholders and patients.
''Even though that transfer will happen, we hope it happens in the best manner and the most favourable environment,'' he explained.
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Doctors' Council Orders Closure of Ruai Family Hospital over Illegal Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines
On Tuesday, August 31, the doctor's council revoked the operating licence of the medical facility, saying that credible information showed that the facility had contravened the rule governing the deployment of the COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
The Council said the batch numbers of the vaccines administered outside the facility were proof of the diversion.
Hospital defends itself
The hospital's management defended itself, citing that the staff administering 160 doses outside the facility had resigned and acted on individual capacities.
The hospital's CEO, Maxwell Okoth, who received the summons, said a former facility staff member who had access to the vaccines administered the 160 doses.
In Murang'a, County Commissioner Fred Ndunga said the vaccines had been administered at a school in Gatanga on Saturday, August 28.
The area assistant chief Dominic Mwangi interdicted for failing to disclose that the incident happened.
The school principal facing disciplinary action too.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
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