did you know as at juzi 4th jan 2011 when i last checked, medical folks at KNH had not been paid their Dec 2010 salos?
that is how callously we treat our medicare givers.

@murenj, give more details.
And is this going to be kabetu's hallmark?

@Murenj,

You are giving us a very interesting view of KNH from the insider's perspective! You seem to have a gift of writing. I am sure this could earn you good coins. Instead of getting a matatu... lol!

Rename the thread to murenj's diary.Nice read but watch your back!

@Murenj

I read in one of the dailies that a staffer of KNH has been sacked for washing KNH linen in public i.e telling Kenyans the truth about what is happenning huko. I hope it was not you!!

Lying in deep coma, in ward 6C, for bone conditions is an UNKNOWN AFRICAN MAN, a victim of road traffic accident that happened sometime in January 2000. This middle aged man has never regained consciousness since the accident. No relatives have ever come forward to claim him. Everyday, nurses clean and feed him, turning him from one position to the other. He has spent several millions of the hospital’s resources, and he is likely to spend more, now that the Kenyan law does not permit mercy killing. He is feared to have sustained serious brain damage, and he is unlikely to recover his consciousness…..

Vio is a middle aged woman who is commonly seen prowling the corridors of kenyatta at night. She is a former koinange street vendor, who got displaced due to fierce competition. She has a pretty looking mulatto kid, a remnant of an old client, whom she loves dearly. She is often seen hawking mandazis, chapattis, and samosas to patients and staff alike. One would confuse her for a KNH staffer, and she often masquerades as one, with a self appointed title of a nutritionist. She has had several run ins with KNH authorities, but she keeps bouncing back like the proverbial cat of nine lives. She is a smooth talker, fearless, confident, with rounded hips. Unfortunately, she has a plain looking face that contradicts the perfect dimensions of her torso. In the dead of the night, she would be seen prowling the corridors of the hospital in miniskirts, exaggerated hip swings, over applied make up and cheap cologne. As a smart business lady, she knows that she can always take koinange street to the clients, if they are not willing to go to koinange. She does not discriminate. She has something for everyone; doctors, cleaners, patients, security wardens, you just name it.
One day as she was making her way from KNH to her kibera home, a group of thugs pounced on her………male…….squeezed her neck till she lost consciousness …….and when she recovered, she had no voice…..an ordinary mugging perharps…..but she should be used to this type of thing by now. Well, Vio will no longer be seen trying to make it to kibera at 3am. She spends her nights in staff rooms, wards, etc within Kenyatta. One day, she crept silently into a vacant bed in renal unit. For the whole night, she snored away, until the early hours of the morning when staffers discovered her…..

KNH is gasping for financial breath, after exhausting funds used for paying overtime engagement. Every month, the hospital engages over a thousand staffs on overtime basis to make up for manpower shortages. The government has directed the institution to cut down on manpower since 2000. As a result, some departments have had their manpower shrink by as much as 50%. Skeleton staff are now manning the hospital. Service delivery has slowed down considerably. One emergency theater has been closed due to staff shortages….in the meanwhile, the number of emergency surgeries keeps on pilling up.