[PHOTOS] Ruto opens MEDS microbiology lab in Machakos

In Summary

MEDS is a faith-based non-profit organization established in 1986.
The facility will conduct sterility testing by membrane filtration, growth promotion test of microbiological media and microbiological assays.

22 November 2023 - 12:13

President William Ruto is taken around the MEDS microbiology laboratory during its opening on November 22, 2023.
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President William Ruto Wednesday presided over the official opening of the Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS) microbiology laboratory in Machakos.

The private facility was constructed at a cost of Sh100 million.

Health cabinet secretary Susan Nakhumicha explains a point to President William Ruto as other officials look on during the opening of MEDS microbiology lab at Syokimau in Machakos on November 22, 2023.
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MEDS is a faith-based non-profit organization established in 1986.

A medic explains a point to President William Ruto and other guests on during the official opening of MEDS microbiology lab at Syokimau in Machakos on November 22, 2023.
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Through its wet laboratory, it has also only been conducting physical chemical testing which is checking whether all the pharmaceutical supplies meets the requirements in terms of active ingredients.

Equipment in one of the MEDS microbiology laboratory in Syokimau, Machakos on November 22, 2023.
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The commissioning now means the facility will be able to do sterility testing by membrane filtration, growth promotion test of microbiological media and microbiological assays.

President William Ruto and Health cabinet secretary Susan Nakhumicha with other officials and the clergy during the official opening of the MEDS microbiology lab at Syokimau in Machakos on November 22, 2023.

It will also perform bacterial endotoxin testing, microbial limit testing and bioburden testing among other tests.