Kisumu County Officials visit Murang’a County for a Benchmarking Exercise.
Murang’a County Government Health Officials hosted Health Officials from Kisumu County Government led by their Health CECM Dr.Gregory Ganda in a benchmarking exercise.
These Officials commended Murang’a County Government on the successful implementation of flagship projects across all departments and the recent results by Infotrak which ranked Murang’a as the best performing County.
The Officials have explored several programmes in health including :
1.The Kang’atacare Comprehensive healthcare programme covering 40,000 households.
2.Automation of all 157 Health facilities easing the patient journey and enabling tracking of medicine.
3.Telemedicine Programme which brings medical services closer to people aiding especially those with chronic illnesses and need regular drug refills.
4.Solarization of Health facilities to increase efficiency and reduce the electricity bills.
5.Maternal Health Programme which has incentives which encourages Mothers to deliver in Hospitals.
6.Improving Health Infrastructure by Constructing new Health facilities to expand Capacity and acquiring new medical equipment.
They also visited Various health facilities including the Telemedicine hub at Muriranjas Hospital and Murang’a Level 5 Hospital .
Healthcare remains a Key Priority for Murang’a County Government.
Murang’a County Officials Present:CECM Health Dr. Fredrick Mbugua, Dr.Gatacha, Health Records and Information Officer Joseph Ndung’u,ICT& Communication Officers.
Kisumu County Officials Present : Head of Digital health James Odiga ,Johannes Simiyu, Festus Ondola(SCDHL), Florence Aketch (CCNO), Japheth Omwenga(CHAO), Dr.Abero Joram (SCMOH Kisumu Central) & Joshua Okuse (DFA Jaramogi Oginga Odinga- TRH).