Private sector players have been urged to extend emergency and medical support to victims of Embakasi gas explosion.
The Nairobi Hospital CEO James Nyamongo said the situation is dire and needed private sector players to chip in.
Nairobi Hospital conducted a three-day free medical care and support to the victims.
The team of specialists set up a make shift hospital at the Embakasi Health Centre.
Consultations, dressing, specialised wound care and related medication were some of the services provided.
Some cases were however referred for further check ups such as x-rays.
“When an emergency strikes, it is everyone’s business to see to it that our people are assisted. The collaboration between public and private sector players is best seen during a crisis,” Nyamongo said.
The Nairobi Hospital’s Accidents and Emergency manager David Abaya said more than 500 were attended to.
“Some of the people who came for assistance could not walk to this place because of the injuries sustained last week. We had to send our ambulances to fetch them from their homes and Embakasi Social Hall, where they had camped,” he said.
Mercy Gakendu’s (not her real name) three-year old baby’s chest has been aching since the blast but had not been attended to until the Nairobi Hospital medical experts arrived.
“I sustained a serious injury on my forehead but I have not been able to get admission to a health facility. I am very grateful to Nairobi Hospital for the free treatment,” Mike Nzau* (not his real name) said.
As a leading private healthcare facility in East and Central Africa, the hospital prides in highly skilled medical specialists, modern medical and non-medical technology, which sets it apart in terms of superior patient experience and community support.
The facility is renowned for emergency and trauma care, disaster response and critical care and has excellent facilities for providing high quality clinical and nursing care including a variety of specialty clinics such as orthopedic, well baby and executive clinic.