Patients who had been admitted at Canon Medical Hospital in Kanduyi along the Webuye-Malaba highway found it rough after auctioneers invaded the facility to evict them due to the piled-up rent.
Wycliffe Wekesa, the client, who had admitted his niece to the facility, told Journalists that the eviction incident has shocked many.
“On Sunday I brought my niece here to get medication and everything was normal during the admission time. I couldn't imagine this drama would crop- up,” Wekesa said.
Wekesa says that while still at home preparing to visit the facility to check whether his niece had responded to drugs on Monday morning, he received information that the facility had been invaded by auctioneers.
“Immediately, I rushed to the hospital to check how my niece was fairing on. Upon arrival, I spotted a huge crowd outside the hospital with security heightened by armed police officers,” Wekesa added.
Wekesa stated that he found his niece among the patients locked up in a room inside the hospital. No doctor was present.
"I immediately transferred the patient to another facility to get treated."
He said that evictors interfered with everything.
Wekesa urged relevant bodies to ensure that they scrutinize those with intentions of starting private hospitals if they can offer quality services and pay doctors.
He alleges that it is not the first incident where the facility is being auctioned.
He also called on Health and Sanitation CS Susan Nakhumicha to deal with those exploiting patients through the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
