Kenya’s cancer patients will have to wait for another three year to receive convenient healthcare after the government pushed back timeline for the construction of the four treatment centres.
In an interview with Kenya’s Daily Nation the Health Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri made the announcement.
The cancer centres, seen as the solution to decongest the country’s referral hospital; Kenyatta National Hospital, were to be set up in Mombasa, Nyeri, Eldoret and Kisumu
Speaking at a health summit at State House Health secretary Cleopa Mailu said “We are doing this in phases and are working to ensure the Sh300 million machine donated by India is installed at KNH in three months and by June next year, we will have revamped the cancer centres at KNH and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.”
Government’s efforts to build the centres began in 2015 after radiotherapy machines at the KNH failed resulting in temporary suspension of cancer treatment.
The government promised to build an additional four centres, following a public outcry, to deal with the overwhelming number of cancer patients. The business daily reports
